JDK 8 support for Spring 2.5.x [SPR-11899]

Jocelyn N’TAKPE opened SPR-11899 and commented

I know Spring 2.X is no longer supported but is it possible to release a new version supporting JDK 1.8.

static {
     javaVersion = System.getProperty("java.version");
     // version String should look like "1.4.2_10"
     if (javaVersion.indexOf("1.7.") != -1) {
          majorJavaVersion = JAVA_17;
     }
     else if (javaVersion.indexOf("1.6.") != -1) {
          majorJavaVersion = JAVA_16;
     }
     else if (javaVersion.indexOf("1.5.") != -1) {
          majorJavaVersion = JAVA_15;
     }
     else {
          // else leave 1.4 as default (it's either 1.4 or unknown)
          majorJavaVersion = JAVA_14;
     }
}

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C D commented

You could also just overwrite this class. That is what I did on two projects that are still using Spring 2.X. After downloading the source add the following: public static final int JAVA_18 = 5; … static{ javaVersion = System.getProperty(“java.version”); // version String should look like “1.4.2_10” if(javaVersion.contains(“1.8.”)){ majorJavaVersion = JAVA_18; // System.out.println("JAVA_VERSION: " + javaVersion); }else if(javaVersion.indexOf(“1.7.”) != -1){ majorJavaVersion = JAVA_17; }else if(javaVersion.indexOf(“1.6.”) != -1){ majorJavaVersion = JAVA_16; }else if(javaVersion.indexOf(“1.5.”) != -1){ majorJavaVersion = JAVA_15; }else{ // else leave 1.4 as default (it’s either 1.4 or unknown) majorJavaVersion = JAVA_14; } }

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Jocelyn Ntakpe commented

Thanks for the advice. Indeed will try 3.2.9 migration.