[jira] Commented: (TIKA-9) Make source code compilable on Java 1.4 by removing Java 5 features such as generics.

["Bertrand Delacretaz (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Bertrand Delacretaz commented on TIKA-9:
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I don't want to fight the consensus but I'm not sure if this is worth the effort.

IMHO we're bound to hit classloader issues soon with Tika (caused by third-party libraries having incompatible dependencies), and once this happens it might be useful to not be tied to JDK 1.4.

So, unless you really need this now, it might not be worth the effort.

> Make source code compilable on Java 1.4 by removing Java 5 features such as generics.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: TIKA-9
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-9
>             Project: Tika
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: general
>    Affects Versions: 0.1-incubator
>            Reporter: Keith R. Bennett
>
> A concensus was reached to make the library Java 1.4 compatible.
> Some source files have generics (e.g. List<String>).  
> These need to be removed so that the library is 1.4 compatible.

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