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Re: required java version for jaxb usage

From: Kenny MacLeod <kennym_at_kizoom.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:20:24 +0000

Sadly, there are many, many applications out there running on old app
servers that require JDK 1.3, like Weblogic 5.1.

Urgh.


Kohsuke Kawaguchi wrote:
> Kenny MacLeod wrote:
>> JAXB 1 will work with Java 1.3, but JAXB 2 requires Java 5 or greater.
>
> Yes. That's the official answer.
>
> But for not-so-official answer, search the archive for
> "retrotranslator". I know it can be made to work with JDK 1.4. Never
> tried 1.3 though...
>
> But seriously, JDK 6 is released already. Are you really sure you have
> to use Java 1.3? I mean, even IBM supports JDK 1.4 nowadays.
>