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Using Java 5 Features in Older JDKs

Posted by Hemos on from the if-you-had-to-of-course dept.

BlueVoodoo writes "Java 5 added a number of powerful language features: generics, enumerations, annotations, autoboxing, and the enhanced for loop. Even if you're stuck on JDK 1.4, you can still use generics. Use Java and theory to learn how."

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  1. Retroweaver has more features than reported by xlv · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm the current maintainer for Retroweaver and the article does not mention all the Retroweaver features:

    Annotations are supported, the concurrent backport is used for the concurrent packages, runtime classes can provide support for new features or replace classes entirely, ...

    I suppose the article is based on the 1.2.5 version and not the beta version(s). I guess I followed the Google model of having a really long beta cycle with a stable product...

    Seeing the possible confusion with the Beta tag, I just decided to release the official 2.0 version earlier today.

    Xavier