Xith OK with Java 6 beta

croft · March 20, 2006, 9:55pm

I was able to run Whoola Cyberspace, a Xith-based application, under Java 6 beta today without any problems.
http://earth.whoola.com:8080/space/

hawkwind · March 21, 2006, 12:16pm

cool…

In general Java seems to be moving forward while we remain at 1.4. Does anyone have a feel for if / when to migrate up to a newer release??

croft · March 21, 2006, 4:00pm

Are there any reasons why Xith should not migrate to Java 5 at this time?

yvg · March 23, 2006, 8:31am

Hi,

[quote]Are there any reasons why Xith should not migrate to Java 5 at this time?
[/quote]
Aren’t we migrated already if it runs with Java 5 and 6?

OK, in trhe other words, which Java 5 language features you would use in Xith3D core or what do you mean by migration?

Most of changes in Java 5 comparing to 1.4 related to new language constructs (which are mostly convenience utilitres for the programmer, and extra code introduced by compiler), and of course new APIs and subsystems.

Currently I don’t see big reasons why we should throw 1.4 away… but maybe I am also wrong.

Yuri

c_lilian · March 23, 2006, 8:32am

Especially when mac os still doesn’t ship a 1.5 vm as standard…

Lilian

swpalmer · March 23, 2006, 10:10pm

Java 5 has been available on the Mac for a long time now, and it WILL be the default Java on Mac very soon.

	From: 	  Alan Samuel
	Subject: 	Ann: J2SE 5.0 Release 4 Developer Preview 7 Now Available
	Date: 	March 21, 2006 4:12:22 PM EST (CA)
	To: 	  java-dev@lists.apple.com

All,

We have just posted J2SE 5.0 Release 4 Developer Preview 7 at http://connect.apple.com

This should be the last DP so if you have any feedback please get it to us as soon as possible.

Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 4 is based on JDK 1.5.0_06 and improves
functionality of J2SE 5.0 on Mac OS X Tiger. Please read the Release Notes for installation
requirements, instructions, and a summary of changes. This is Developer Preview 7 of J2SE 5.0
Release 4.

thanks,
alan