HEADS UP: Switched to 1.8 source/target in build (in graphics repository).

[Tom Schindl]

Perfect - I'll try to add an jdt-beta-updatesite to efxclipse.org so 
that people can get this stuff installed easily.

Tom

On 13.05.13 17:29, steve.x.northover at oracle.com wrote:
> Hey Tom!
>
> I can verify that bytecodes for defenders and lambdas are being
> generated.  The following runs and gives the expected results:
>
> package junk;
>
> interface Fred {
>      public void fred();
>      public default int mary() {
>          return 12;
>      };
> }
>
> public class Junk {
>      interface IntegerMath {
>          int operation(int a, int b);
>      }
>
>      public int operateBinary(int a, int b, IntegerMath op) {
>          return op.operation(a, b);
>      }
>
>      public static void junk() {
>          System.out.println("JUNK");
>      }
>
>      public static void main(String... args) {
>          Junk myApp = new Junk();
>          IntegerMath addition = (a, b) -> {
>              junk();
>              System.out.println("Addition called");
>              return a + b;
>          };
>          IntegerMath subtraction = (a, b) -> a - b;
>          System.out.println("40 + 2 = " +
>              myApp.operateBinary(40, 2, addition));
>          System.out.println("20 - 10 = " +
>              myApp.operateBinary(20, 10, subtraction));
>
>          Fred f = new Fred () {
>              public void fred() {}
>          };
>          int x = f.mary();
>          System.out.println(x);
>
>          //new Junk2();
>      }
> }
>
> Steve
>
> On 13/05/2013 11:17 AM, Tom Schindl wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> [...]
>>> In the case of Eclipse, I have built the JDK8 Beta JDT plugins and am
>>> self hosting with them.  I am in the process of evaluating whether they
>>> will be sufficient.  It is also possible to run Eclipse using the patch
>>> and put both JDK7 and JDK8 on the build path (JDK7 first).  This will
>>> allow you to see JDK7 classes first to avoid changes to the base
>>> libraries.  At runtime, you should run against JDK8.  Neither of these
>>> solutions is great so we will have to wait and see.
>>>
>>
>> Ok - keep me updated on this. IIRC the lambda stuff currently does NOT
>> produce any bytecode (last time i checked it simply wrote null intead
>> of the invoke dynamic).
>>
>> If this has changed in the meantime this is good news. So report back
>> your findings I could make a JDT_Beta download available from
>> efxclipse.org.
>>
>>
>> It might make sense to host them in an extra branch instead of a JIRA,
>> not? I think we should setup a bitbucket repo where we attach this
>> (and patches who will follow) keep stuff compiling on JDK7 (see
>> current RoboVM-Thread which does NOT support invoke dynamic).
>>
>> Danno could we do it in your repo?
>>
>> Tom
>