Does xCode support JDK 1.6??? I can't seem to find a download anywhere... I am trying to compile a program for class and I am using the comparable interface and I get an error that says "Generics are not supported in -source 1.3".
If you want to install the JDK1.6 Preview Release 1 IN LEOPARD you just have to do some minor mods to the file mentioned earlier.
1) move the .pkg file contained on the DMG to somewhere on your hard drive.
2) edit the JavaSERelease1.dist file within the .pkg file's /Content folder as below
NOTE the references I put in RE: 10.6 and the section to be commented out.
apparently whoever wrote this did not consider using it with Leopard
I don't see anything malicious about trying to prevent Leopard usage just a lack of effort to update the package with Leopard in mind.
3) once you save these changes run the pkg and it should install without incident
ENJOY 😉
JB
function rootSystemOK()
{
var sysVersion = system.version;
// Just bail if we can't get the sysVersion
if (!sysVersion) {
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('noSysVersion');
my.result.type = 'Fatal';
return false;
}
// system.compareVersions(a,b): Compares two version strings or numbers. Returns:
// -1 if a lt b
// 0 if a == b
// 1 if a gt b
// Make sure they're not 10.6 and they're higher than or equal to 10.4.4...
// Note: this logic needs to be checked/bumped with every Java release
if ( system.compareVersions(sysVersion.ProductVersion, "10.4.4") == -1 )
{
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('sysTooOld');
my.result.type = 'Fatal';
return false;
}
//alter this line to say 10.6 not 10.5
if ( system.compareVersions(sysVersion.ProductVersion, "10.6") >= 0 )
{
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('sysTooNew');
my.result.type = 'Fatal';
return false;
}
return true;
}
function rootHasEligibleJava()
{
var javaBundle = system.files.bundleAtPath("/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework");
// if there's no javaBundle, we can't install
if (!javaBundle)
{
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('noJava');
my.result.type = 'Fatal';
return false;
}
// if the JavaVM.framework is less than 11.4.0 ("J2SE 5.0 Release 4"), don't install
// Note: this logic needs to be checked/bumped with every Java release
if (system.compareVersions(javaBundle.CFBundleShortVersionString, "11.4.0") == -1)
{
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('needJavaSWU');
my.result.type = 'Fatal';
return false;
}
//comment out the lines below with logic to check your Java install version
// if the JavaVM.framework is greater than 11.6.0 (this release), don't install
// Note: this logic needs to be checked/bumped with every Java release
//if (system.compareVersions(javaBundle.CFBundleShortVersionString, "11.6.0") == 1)
//{
// my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('javaTooNew');
// my.result.type = 'Fatal';
// return false;
//}
// if Java 1.6's version is greater than 11.6.0 (this release), this volume can't have the update
// Note: this logic needs to be checked/bumped with every Java release
var java16VersionFile = "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Resources/version.pli st";
if ( system.files.fileExistsAtPath(java16VersionFile) &&
(system.compareVersions(system.files.plistAtPath(java16VersionFile).CFBundleSho rtVersionString, "11.6.0") == 1))
{
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('java16TooNew');
my.result.type = 'Fatal';
return false;
}
While enabling you to install the 1.6 Preview, the preview itself segfaults when run.
Please disregard the instructions if you can.
MODS please delete my prior message before any other user applies it to their current installation.
The results are not difficult to cleanup but it is annoying to have to do so.
If you want to eliminate the effects of this update then you'll need to modify your JavaVM install.
Please read the following carefully regarding the dates of the files found.
Go to the /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Commands
you should find that the files here all have a date of sep 5 2006
if so you can delete all of them, otherwise do nothing further.
copy the contents of /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.Framework/Versions/1.5.0/Commands to here and you're done.
Any other artifacts are the contents of /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.Framework/Versions/1.6 and /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.Framework/Versions/1.6.0
they can both be deleted
Let's hope that Apple delivers a new JDK1.6 for Leopard sometime soon.
Main use of Java is in enterprise web applications. Who has latest version installed? Application server has. Application server administrator is deciding what java version is going to be used, and application developer has to/should be using right version. If only one of your customer is using latest version of java, you have no choice. Pardon, you have choice... Switch to Windows or Linux...
/Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse -vm /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Commands/java
_NSJVMLoadLibrary: NSAddLibrary failed for /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Libraries/libjvm.dylib
JavaVM FATAL: Failed to load the jvm library.
I want to try to run eclipse with java 6 because I experience so many crashes with leopard in eclipse... Example when I use the type search and I hit enter -> goodby. When I use the mouse and click the button it works. Just one of many examples where eclipse crashes. I want to figure out if Java 6 is more stable.
Thanks for any hints how to run eclipse with this version.
Florian
PS: I have no problem to run my apps within eclipse with Java 6, this is not the question!
You're not going to be able to run Eclipse with the Java 6 preview. The reason is that Eclipse uses the SWT library which uses Native methods. The Java 6 preview only runs in 64-bit mode but the Native Libraries that SWT uses are only 32-bit.
It's a shame that it only runs on 64 bit Intel Macs. This means that any one with a G5 or (like me) a Core Duo Mac is going to be disappointed. It also means that anyone wanting to develop with Java 6 is going to find the Mac market extremely limited.
Looks like I'll be sticking with Java 5 for the time being 😉 And since I have no reason to upgrade to Leopard I can save a few dollars by sticking with Tiger. too 😉 😉
Can any speculate as to whether there will ever be from Apple a java 6 that supports 32 bit Intels? I feel kind of screwed that they sold 32 bit Intels for only 6 months instead of just waiting and ONLY realeasing 64 bit machines. I, obviously, have a 32 bit MacBook Pro.
Disappointed...
What the **** is with Apples "attitude" on this. They are snubbing the VERY people that are helping their hardware gain market share. Case in point - I have "sold" over 300 macs in the last 12 months by telling my clients that MacBook Pros were my recommended platform of choice for the Java applications I write for them. Now .. I have to use a friggin Dell (!!!) for development - and can no longer recommend Macs until they get their Java act together - much less take a more transparent, professional approach to their Java on Mac policy. At the VERY least they could tell us WHEN to expect the now 1 year old JDK.
Sun has said that they have offered to manage the Mac version of Java - but Apple continuously says they want to do it themselves. It's like I tell my kids, never say you are going to do something if you either have no plans of doing or or find yourself unable to fulfill your commitment.
I Love my Mac. But I spend most of my time on my Dell. Sad. Apple is definately shooting themselves in the foot on this one - especially by keeping silent about it. Boooooo!!!!
"I just don't understand Mac developers. On other platforms you develop for the user base, but on the Mac as soon as Leopard came out developers were abandoning support for Tiger left, right, and center".
I'm using Windows 2000 on my PC (Wintendo), and despite the fact that it came out in 1999 I didn't run into a program I wanted that I couldn't run on it until just recently.
Ironically, the first program I hit that I couldn't use was the latest Quicktime.
