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Posted to java-dev@axis.apache.org by Glen Daniels <gl...@thoughtcraft.com> on 2009/05/19 13:25:41 UTC

Re: svn commit: r776172 - in /webservices/axis2/trunk/java/modules: jaxws/src/org/apache/axis2/jaxws/handler/SOAPHeadersAdapter.java kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/deployment/DeploymentEngine.java kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/engine/AxisConfiguration.jav

Hi Andreas:

Andreas Veithen wrote:
> What do you mean by JDK 1.5 can't compile @Override annotations???

In JDK 1.5, @Override is supported only for superclass methods, and using it
on an interface method produces a compiler error. :(  This sucks, but until
we move off 1.5 that's what we seem stuck with.

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5008260

--Glen

Re: svn commit: r776172 - in /webservices/axis2/trunk/java/modules: jaxws/src/org/apache/axis2/jaxws/handler/SOAPHeadersAdapter.java kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/deployment/DeploymentEngine.java kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/engine/AxisConfiguration.jav

Posted by Andreas Veithen <an...@gmail.com>.

Interesting. I didn't know that the semantics of @Override changed
between 1.5 and 1.6. Thanks for the explanation!

Andreas

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 13:25, Glen Daniels <gl...@thoughtcraft.com> wrote:
> Hi Andreas:
>
> Andreas Veithen wrote:
>> What do you mean by JDK 1.5 can't compile @Override annotations???
>
> In JDK 1.5, @Override is supported only for superclass methods, and using it
> on an interface method produces a compiler error. :(  This sucks, but until
> we move off 1.5 that's what we seem stuck with.
>
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5008260
>
> --Glen
>