[jira] [Commented] (DATAFU-95) Improve wrong JDK error message

["Sam Shah (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Sam Shah commented on DATAFU-95:
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+1 patch looks good

> Improve wrong JDK error message
> -------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DATAFU-95
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DATAFU-95
>             Project: DataFu
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Jakob Homan
>            Assignee: Matthew Hayes
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.3.1
>
>         Attachments: DATAFU-95.patch
>
>
> Right now if one tries to build against JDK1.7, the resulting failure is a bit unclear:
> {noformat}Download https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/equinox/app/1.3.200-v20130910-1609/app-1.3.200-v20130910-1609.jar
> /Users/jahoman/repos/datafu/build-plugin/src/main/java/org/adrianwalker/multilinestring/MultilineProcessor.java:18: error: cannot find symbol
> @SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_8)
>                                      ^
>   symbol:   variable RELEASE_8
>   location: class SourceVersion
> 1 error
> :build-plugin:compileJava FAILED
> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
> {noformat}
> It may be better to use something like [The Sweeney|https://github.com/boxheed/gradle-sweeney-plugin] to enforce this and provide a better, faster message on failure.



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