[Sync4j-users] sync4j project is moving to Sun JDK 1.4

[Sean C. S. <se...@se...>]

I am going to move the sync4j project to Sun JDK 1.4.0

These JDK 1.4 features will be useful:

  javax.net.ssl
  the assert capability
  java.net.URI class
  java.util.prefs
  java.util.regex
  java.util.logging

-Sean

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Sun JDK 1.4.0 Release Candidate is now available:

  http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/

It is available for Solaris, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Release notes are online:

  http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/relnotes.html


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean C. Sullivan" <se...@se...>
To: <syn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:13 PM
Subject: [Sync4j-developers] proposed transition to Sun JDK 1.4


> 
> Currently, I am using Sun JDK 1.3.1 as the 
> development platform for the sync4j project.
> 
> Sometime this month, Sun will have the
> Release Candidate (RC) of JDK 1.4
> 
> The final release of JDK 1.4 is expected sometime
> in the next 3 months.
> 
> I am thinking of moving all sync4j development
> to the JDK 1.4 platform
> 
> Advantages:
> 
>    JDK 1.4 adds an "assert" capability to the Java language
>    JDK 1.4 adds the javax.net.ssl package as a standard library
>    JDK 1.4 adds new I/O capabilities:  java.nio
>    JDK 1.4 adds a standard Logging API:  java.util.logging
>    JDK 1.4 adds a standard regular expression package: java.util.regex
>   
> There are some disadvantages:
> 
>    If sync4j becomes dependent on JDK 1.4 features, the runtime platform 
>    will be restricted to operating systems that have JDK 1.4 JVM's.
>   
>    JDK 1.4 may be buggy :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Sean
>