javax.lang.model backed by core reflection

blogs.oracle.com
| May 20, 2013

Back when the javax.lang.model API was being designed as part of JSR 269, while the API was primarily intended for use at compile-time with annotation processing, the expert group also wanted the API to be usable in other contexts as well, including at runtime.

JEP 119, javax. (more...)

Changing Sources and Moving Targets: Evolving the javac command line

blogs.oracle.com
| Apr 14, 2013

As written up in JEP 182: Policy for Retiring javac -source and -target Options, we're implementing a policy to over time clean up the -source and -target portions of javac's command line:

  • Class files going all the way back to version 45.3 generated by JDK 1.0. (more...)