[jnc-users] Java 1.6 support?

[Sean M. <sm...@gm...>]

Hi,

Few questions about the current version of JNC:
1. What is the state of J2SE 1.6 compatibility with JNC? (clearly, any code
that compiles on Java 1.5 is supposed to work, but I am concerned about new
classes in the J2SE 1.6 spec, or new semantics in e.g. memory.)
2. Does anyone know of a good (hopefully free) tool to reweave Java 1.6 code
into Java 1.5 code, much like previous tools have been able to step from 1.5to
1.4? I am not so concerned about performance, but rather, the ability to use
1.6 constructs and classes and then distribute such a program with JNC.
3. Would it be possible to build in all of the enhancements to AWT/Swing
support that JNC provides, to a current snapshot of gcc, which is forging
ahead with new (and possibly broken ;)) support for Java 1.6 classes and
semantics?

Basically, I don't want to lose any of Marco's enhancements when I rebuild
gcc myself, but would like some guidance on *getting* Java 1.6 support in
JNC apps if it's not already available.

Just so you're not in the dark, here are the major libraries my projects
use:

1. SWT
2. AWT/Swing (though never at the same time as SWT)
3. Jawin
4. Pretty brave use of concurrency
5. Apache Commons stuff (just Collections for now)
6. JDBC drivers (currently only need Pure Java ones, but no guarantees I
won't need one with a native component in the future)

Thanks,

-Sean