Compiling java code and creating jar online

Question

My problem: I have JDK 1.7 version on my machine. The jar I created with this does not run on my Unix machine as it has JRE 1.4 installed (I don't have admin rights to this machine).

So, is there a way to compile my code with version 1.4 w/o uninstalling 1.7 on my machine. Can it be done online?

Answer 1

You may use -target version option to perform cross-compilation.

Example as per javadoc

% javac -target 1.4 -bootclasspath jdk1.4.2/lib/classes.zip \              -extdirs "" OldCode.java

Answer 2

According to the javac documentation, you can set the JDK source using -source parameter:

javac -source 1.4 MyClass

Answer 3

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