Re: JDK 1.4 compatibility

On Dec 31, 2007, at 9:14 AM, Wolfgang Fahl wrote:

> Dear httpunit community members,
>
> while working with Patch  1518901 the issue of JDK 1.4 compatibility  
> came up.
>
> Currently I decided to put the patch into the code but comment it  
> out like this:
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1518901&group_id=6550&atid=306550
>             // [ 1518901 ] enable http connect and read timeouts  
> (needs JDK 1.5)
>             // comment out if you need this and have JDK 1.5
>             // if (_connectTimeout>=0)  
> connection.setConnectTimeout( _connectTimeout );
>             // if (_readTimeout>=0)     
> connection.setReadTimeout( _readTimeout );
> I'd suggest that we create a 1.6.x version as the latest JDK 1.4  
> supporting release with all the patches from sourceforge being  
> brought in and that everything from 2008 on will be JDK 1.5 and  
> there will be 1.7 release for that then.
>
> What do you think?
>

Take a look at the build script - you will see special handling for  
1.4 / 1.5. We can probably use this to conditionally enable features  
like this. I'd be cautious about dropping old JDKs too quickly. Lots  
of people take a long time to upgrade.

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