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Jonathan Ellis commented on CASSANDRA-3734: ------------------------------------------- bq. if we do, looking forward to use a few of the project coin goodies I don't think this is supported: java7 can compile a java6-compatible classfile ("-target 1.6") but requires that it be java6-compatible source as well. Too bad! > Support native link w/o JNA in Java7 > ------------------------------------ > > Key: CASSANDRA-3734 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3734 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core > Reporter: Jonathan Ellis > Assignee: Peter Schuller > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 1.2 > > Attachments: CASSANDRA-3734-trunk-v1.txt > > > Java7 provides native support for hard links: > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/file/Files.html#createLink(java.nio.file.Path, > java.nio.file.Path) > We should prefer this method when Java7 is the host. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira