Support for Moneta-BP (Java 7 version) in Core or similar?
keilw opened this issue · 6 comments
It seems the Core Library is missing JSR 354 support.
Sometimes misunderstood, but JSR 354 API and RI (Moneta) exist for Java 7 and 8.
So while including the version that requires Java 8 seems fine in a library like "ext" those parts having a minimum version of Java 6 or 7 would do good supporting the Java 6/7 variant of Moneta, too
Given this issue #42 suggests "ThreetenBP" (an inofficial port of JSR 310 by one of the Spec Leads effectively doin the same as JodaTime) is also supported, there can't be a problem supporting both official RIs of JSR 354 as well ;-)
310 needs separate integrations for 310 and the backport because the package and class names are different.
For 354, whilst compiled against the Java 8 binary, the resulting user types are made compatible with Java 7 sources using Retroweaver. You should be able to link them to the backport just fine.
That makes sense, the "Requires Java 8" note for the "ext" artifact may sound irritating to some users though.
No worries. Where is the note? ... the pom description says "Classes utilising Java 7 and 8 that add Hibernate support for types such as Moneta"
It's here for example http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jadira.usertype/usertype.extended
I assume it's retrieved from the POM: "Jadira Usertype Extended For Types Requiring Java 8". The full description is somewhat more neutral, saying "Java 7 and 8".
Yes, it's the name of the artifact in the POM.
Good spot. I've changed the description.