[jira] [Closed] (COLLECTIONS-527) Please create a version commons-collections 3.x for jdk 8 compatibility

["Thomas Neidhart (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Thomas Neidhart closed COLLECTIONS-527.
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> Please create a version commons-collections 3.x for jdk 8 compatibility
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>
>                 Key: COLLECTIONS-527
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-527
>             Project: Commons Collections
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Ignat Alexeyenko
>            Priority: Blocker
>              Labels: java8, jdk8
>         Attachments: COLLECTIONS_3_2_BRANCH_COLLECTIONS_527.patch
>
>
> Could you make a 3.x or 3.2.x release compatible with JDK8 ?
> {code}
> org.apache.commons.collections.MultiMap {
>    public Object remove(Object key, Object item);
> }
> {code}
> is not compatible with JDK's 8 Map
> {code}
> java.util.Map {
>    boolean remove(Object key, Object value);
> }
> {code}
> This causes bugs in projects, who run jdk8 and even compilation failures - for these, who implement common's MultiMap.
> *Compilation Error*
> If anyone implement MultiMap in their code, compilation fails with the error:
> {code}
> MyMultiHashMap.java:[11,7] error: remove(Object,Object) in MultiHashMap cannot implement remove(Object,Object) in Map
> [ERROR] return type Object is not compatible with boolean
> {code}
> *Reasoning*
> JDK 8 is here and being adopted. collection-commons are not yet compatible with Java 8. For many big project switch to commons-collections 4.x is not an option - some transitional release version needs to be required.
> Alternative would be for companies to fork commons-collections and create their internal artifact. Why do it if the official compatibility version can be created?
> Thanks!



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