Hello everyone,
Okay, so it seems there is consensus on going ahead with Java 8. I tried
testing this patch which I believe upgrades OFBiz to JDK 8.
Running "./ant clean-all build load-demo run-tests" delivers a failure in
"testConvertOperatorSubstitutions" (base tests). The error message is shown
below . So the line giving the error is exactly this one in
org.ofbiz.base.util.test.StringUtilTests
assertEquals("all converions", "one && two || three > four >= five < six <=
seven", StringUtil.convertOperatorSubstitutions("one @and two @or three @gt
four @gteq five @lt six @lteq seven"));
This is weird. I checked JDK 7 and JDK 8 implementations and I think they are
identical in the matcher API. Yet when switching to JDK 8 the matcher evaluates
on "@gt" of the "@qteq " pattern and so you end up with ">eq" instead of ">= "
. This is without even applying the above patch.
I hope I am not running on a wild goose chase and ignoring something simple or
silly? Any Ideas?
==== error log start ====
all converions expected:<...wo || three > four >[=] five < six <= seven> but
was:<...wo || three > four >[eq] five < six <= seven>
junit.framework.ComparisonFailure: all converions expected:<...wo || three >
four >[=] five < six <= seven> but was:<...wo || three > four >[eq] five < six
<= seven>
at
org.ofbiz.base.test.GenericTestCaseBase.assertEquals(GenericTestCaseBase.java:313)
at
org.ofbiz.base.util.test.StringUtilTests.testConvertOperatorSubstitutions(StringUtilTests.java:269)
at org.ofbiz.testtools.TestRunContainer.start(TestRunContainer.java:146)
at org.ofbiz.base.container.ContainerLoader.start(ContainerLoader.java:237)
at org.ofbiz.base.start.Start.startStartLoaders(Start.java:408)
at org.ofbiz.base.start.Start.start(Start.java:434)
at org.ofbiz.base.start.Start.main(Start.java:135)
==== error log end ====
Taher Alkhateeb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Wheeler" <rwhee...@artifact-software.com>
To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org
Sent: Thursday, 7 May, 2015 8:12:20 PM
Subject: Re: Java 8 and functional programming in trunk
On 07/05/2015 12:37 PM, Christian Geisert wrote:
> Well call it "Standards Office" or whatever, the guys who decide which
> platforms are allowed to use in the company.
Java 7 will be coming off the list in most companies if it has not
already been done.
>
> Java 8 is available since just about a year..
> Just the mentioned Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (= Longtime Support, which means
> support for 5 years) has no Java 8 in the official repositories.
> Is there a Java 8 for AS/400 ;-)
http://tecadmin.net/install-oracle-java-8-jdk-8-ubuntu-via-ppa/
> Anyway, my point is that there should be good reasons to switch to Java
> 8 only.
>
> Christian
>
> Am 07.05.2015 17:58, schrieb Ron Wheeler:
>> On 07/05/2015 11:32 AM, Christian Geisert wrote:
>>> Yes, we must support Java 8, but we absolutely have the choice to still
>>> support Java 7 (i.e. no use of Java 8 only features yet)
>>>
>>> IMHO there should be good reasons to use these Java 8 features (not just
>>> because it's cool..)
>>>
>>> It's not a big deal to update a developer machine to Java 8 (well, my
>>> laptop still runs Kubuntu 12.04 ..) but it's another thing in (big)
>>> companies (old operating systems, get approvals from security office
>>> etc...)
>> Security officer is going to be insisting on an upgrade to Java 8
>> since Java 7 is no longer going to get security fixes.
>>
>> Have we heard of any OS that supports Java 7 but not Java 8?
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>> Christian
>>>
>>> Am 07.05.2015 15:40, schrieb Adam Heath:
>>>> Not a reply to Jacques, but if an absolutely java-8-only feature is
>>>> used, be sure to update the regex in ${ofbiz.home}/macros.xml, then
>>>> the source/target values in common.xml in the same folder.
>>>>
>>>> ps: I'm fine with moving towards 1.8. It's not a choice that we can
>>>> make, actually.
>>>>
>>>> On 05/07/2015 01:46 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>>> Yes (lazy) consensus over vote ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>
>>
>
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