[rvm-issues] [jira] Created: (RVM-934) Process @SysCallTemplate with Java 6 Annotations API instead of APT

[Erik B. (JIRA) <ji...@co...>]

Process @SysCallTemplate with Java 6 Annotations API instead of APT
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                 Key: RVM-934
                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-934
             Project: RVM
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Infrastructure: Build
            Reporter: Erik Brangs


The build process currently uses apt, the annotation processing tool, to process {{@SysCallTemplate}} annotations. apt is [deprecated|http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/apt/GettingStarted.html] in Java 7. It is replaced
by javac and the Java 6 APIs {{javax.annotation.prcessing}} and {{javax.lang.model}} .

This was discussed on the [mailing list|http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28024481] and it was decided that annotations should be processed via the Java 6 API. Consequently, the Jikes RVM will require a Java 6 JDK instead of a Java 5 JDK to build.

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