Source compatibility is generally an ability of two software systems (including API libraries and some compiler) to recompile the same source code without any errors.
Questions tagged [source-compatibility]
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Writing Java code that compiles using one of two implementations of a class
I am writing some FFI code in Java that makes heavy use of sun.misc.Unsafe.
In Java 9, this class will become inaccessible, and will become jdk.unsupported.Unsafe. I would like to write my code so that it works now, but continues to work in Java…
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Gradle / IntelliJ IDEA: sourceCompatibility reverts to previous value in IDE settings
Setting sourceCompatibility and targetCompatibility to JavaVersion.VERSION_11 has not expected effect in my IntelliJ/Grade/Java project.
Even I set Project SDK and Project Language Level in Project Structure manually to 11, it reverted to 8 and 6…
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What is the difference between sourceCompatibility 8 and 11? What happens when they are set to different values?
When I target Android API level 21 what I set as sourceCompatibility 11 or 8 and what's the differences in my build gradle I always set it like that
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility…
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How can I define compileOptions of android application within codenameone1?
How can I define android's compileOptions within codenameone1 project ?
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
Thanks in advance
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