Re: [Regexp] Is gnu-regexp-1.0.6.jar compatible with j2sdk1.4 ?

[Wes Biggs]

Alavalathy wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I use gnu-regexp-1.0.6.jar in one application that currently runs on 
> jdk1.1.8. This application was developed before java 2.
> Now I am going to upgrade to j2sdk1.4 without any code change as the 
> customer wants to do so. I did some testing and the package 
> gnu-regexp-1.0.6.jar looks to work fine along with everything else. Can 
> I go ahead and upgrade jdk still using the same package? I don't wan't 
> to unnecessarily change the package since there is no code change intended.

Yes, 1.0.x runs on JDK 1.0 and higher.  1.1.x runs on JDK 1.1 and higher.

If you decide to upgrade from 1.0.x to 1.1.x, you don't need to make any 
code changes, but you need to recompile against gnu-regexp.jar as some 
of the method parameters have widened.

Wes