Using Java 5 Features in Older JDKs 37
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from the if-you-had-to-of-course dept.
from the if-you-had-to-of-course dept.
BlueVoodoo writes "Java 5 added a number of powerful language features: generics, enumerations, annotations, autoboxing, and the enhanced for loop. Even if you're stuck on JDK 1.4, you can still use generics. Use Java and theory to learn how."
Fun but not massively practical (Score:5, Insightful)
These kind of people would be very scared if you tried to write code using 1.5, recompile the byte code using some new-ish open source toolkits and then putting it in to production. Then again, you could do it without telling anyone.
the bleeding obvious... pointed out... (Score:5, Insightful)