I think these are both in the release/changes notes that I posted a link to earlier in this thread - so yes these are real issues.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Leone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday 27 May 2005 02:14 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Are we required to move to Tomcat 5.5 in order > to move to JDK 1.5 > > > Sounds like the consensus is that Tomcat 5.0.x will work with > jdk 1.5. > FWIW I found the following two problems trying to run code > built for jre > 1.4 in a 1.5 jvm. > > 1. A couple DOM classes (don't remember which ones, but > you'll know it > if you run in to them) had some methods added in jdk 1.5. If > you try to > load an implementation class for one of these that was > developed in jdk > 1.4, you'll get missing method implementation errors. To resolve, you > can add empty method specifications for the classes that > require them, > or upgrade to an XML parser that was written for jdk 1.5. > > 2. JDK 1.5 uses the symbol "enum" as a reserved keyword. > You'll have to > change any and all occurrences of this symbol in your code > (where it is > used as a variable name) to something else, e.g. "enumer." > > There may be other backward compatibility issues, but these > are the two > that I've run into. > > -Mark > > Tim Diggins wrote: > > > And, oops, I'm sorry for spreading the original FUD - > Following this > > thread, I've just tried again to get everything working on > > tc5.0/jdk1.5 and hey-presto, everything ok - guess I must've had TC > > running on jdk1.4 after all... > > > > But planning to migrate to 5.5 anyway. > > > > thanks everyone > > > > T > > > > > > Steve Kirk wrote: > > > >> Yes sorry, david is correct, I got it backwards. > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday 26 May > >>> 2005 12:59 > >>> To: Tomcat Users List > >>> Subject: Re: Are we required to move to Tomcat 5.5 in > order to move > >>> to JDK 1.5 > >>> > >>> > >>> Small correction -- 5.5 needs the compat package to work > on jdk l.4, > >>> not 5.0 needs it to work on jdk 1.5. I've used TC 5.0 & jdk 1.5 > >>> together no problem. > >>> > >>> --David > >>> > >>> Steve Kirk wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> You can run 5.0.28 on jdk1.5 but you need to add a > >>> > >>> > >>> compatibility package > >>> > >>>> which is available from the tc downloads page. Basically it > >>> > >>> > >>> adds 3 jars to > >>> > >>>> fix issues with xml compatibility with the 1.4 vm. > >>>> > >>>> I haven't done it myself (I upgraded both at once) but > >>> > >>> > >>> google some of these > >>> > >>>> words and you can read all about it. > >>>> > >>>> PS if you do go to 5.5 and have DBCP, be sure to change your > >>> > >>> > >>> context.xml to > >>> > >>>> the new format required by TC5.5. I spent nearly 3 days > >>> > >>> > >>> working that out. > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: Raverkar, Sachin (Sachin) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: > >>>>> Thursday 26 May 2005 08:58 > >>>>> To: [email protected] > >>>>> Subject: Are we required to move to Tomcat 5.5 in order > to move to > >>>>> JDK 1.5 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> We are currently using Tomcat-5.0.28 and JDK 1.4.2_03. > >>>>> We need to move onto JDK 1.5. We would build our war file using > >>>>> JDK 1.5. > >>>>> Can we continue to use Tomcat-5.0.28 with JDK 1.5? Do > you see any > >>>>> problem? Are there any known issues? > >>>>> Since Tomcat 5.5 is designed to run on J2SE 5.0 [JDK > 1.5] and later, > >>>>> are we required to move to Tomcat 5.5 in order to move > to JDK 1.5? > >>>>> > >>>>> - Sachin > >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
