Does 1.4.2_08 support StringBuffer and Generics

Hi,

I had some Java code that I was trying to move to a Redhat machine, but encountered some
Java versioning problems.  The machine that I was working on had 1.4.2_08 version of gcj,
so I tried to compile my source there, but got errors, indicating that it couldn't
resolve the StringBuffer class.

That gcj also had problems with Generics in my code, i.e., it didn't like something
like:

List<classX> xxxx = new ArrayList<classX>(); 

So, I was wondering, does that version of gcj support these two things?

Also, if not, then is there a version of gcj that does, or should I get Sun's JDK
installed instead?

Thanks,
Jim

[Andrew Overholt]

Hi,

* ohaya(a)cox.net <ohaya(a)cox.net&gt; [2009-07-22 16:57]:
>  The machine that I was working on had 1.4.2_08 version of gcj 
1.4.2_08 is a Sun JVM version number.  And generics are a 1.5 feature.
gcj has support for 1.5-level features but I'm not sure what version of
gcj that began with.

Andrew

[Andrew Haley]

On 07/22/2009 11:23 PM, Andrew Overholt wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  * ohaya(a)cox.net <ohaya(a)cox.net&gt; [2009-07-22 16:57]:
> > The machine that I was working on had 1.4.2_08 version of gcj
>
>  1.4.2_08 is a Sun JVM version number.  And generics are a 1.5 feature.
>  gcj has support for 1.5-level features but I'm not sure what version of
>  gcj that began with. 
January 8, 2007

    We've merged the gcj-eclipse branch to svn trunk. The merge
    changes gcj to use the Eclipse compiler as a front end, enabling
    all 1.5 language features. This merge also brings in a new,
    generics-enabled version of Classpath, including some new
    tools. This new code will appear in GCC 4.3.

Andrew.