[jdom-interest] Java 1.5 language features.

Michael Kay mike at saxonica.com
Sun Feb 25 14:49:26 PST 2007


> Is there any effort being placed towards introducing Java 1.5 
> language features into the JDOM API? 

I've got the same issue with Saxon. I would love to introduce generics into
the API, but there are still too many users on 1.4 who can't be left behind.

At the moment with Saxon I'm thinking of introducing a 1.5 API that uses
generics, to sit alongside the 1.4 API. I'm also thinking of sitting it out
and waiting until 1.4 is no longer a requirement. It's not easy to decide
between these two options, and the same applies I'm sure to JDOM.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/



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