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Re: Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3

Posted by Kurt De Vos on Nov 17, 2005; 12:20pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Java-2-Platform-Standard-Edition-J2SE-5-0-Release-3-tp3704437p3704439.html

I have been using 5.0 since the first developer preview release  
because some of my plugins use 5.0 code (generics and such) and i  
never had a problem.
kurt
On 16 Nov 2005, at 14:11, Mark Burge wrote:

> The default behavior of the update is to leave the current version of
> Java as the default version and to make the 5.0 version available as
> an alternative.  So, unless you specifically select the 5.0 version as
> the new default (via an application in /applications/utility/java) it
> will not make a difference.  The update automatically detects applets
> and applications which do use the new 5.0 API and transparently
> switches to the 5.0 JVM/API for those applets/applications.  ImageJ
> does not make use of the 5.0 API - though it should work fine, and
> possibly more efficiently with the new JVM.  If you are feeling
> adventurous you could enable it via the above mentioned app, try it
> out, and if it doesn't work switch back.
>
> ---
> Dr. Mark Burge
> http://imagingbook.com/
>
> On 11/16/05, Michael J. Herron <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Auto update on Mac OS 10.4 is telling me to install "Java 2 Platform,
>> Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3"
>> Is this a good idea for ImageJ 1.34s   ?
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Michael J. Herron,  U of MN, Dept. of Entomology
>>   [hidden email]
>>

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