was also a change to ensure OFBiz compiles with Java 7. It predates version 10.04 of OFBiz, so is already in place in that version. But I thought it might be useful to mention this in case anyone is trying to build an old OFBiz codebase with Java 7.
> OfBiz 10.04 Does not compile with Oracle JDK 7
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: OFBIZ-4749
> URL:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4749> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: Release 10.04
> Environment: Windows 7, Oracle JDK 7
> Reporter: Karl Laird
> Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
> Priority: Critical
> Labels: build-failure
> Fix For: Release 10.04, Release Branch 11.04
>
>
> The OFBIZ version is apache-ofbiz-10.04
> When I'm compiling the project with the embedded and using ant run-install run there is a error message
> classes:
> [javac16] Compiling 13 source files to C:\_portable\PortableApps\apache-ofbiz-10.04\framework\security\build\classes
> [javac16] warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 1.6
> [javac16] C:\_portable\PortableApps\apache-ofbiz-10.04\framework\security\src\org\ofbiz\security\OFBizSecurity.java:52: error: invalid inferred types for V; inferred type does not conform to declared bound(s)
> [javac16] protected static final Map<String, Map<String, String>> simpleRoleEntity = UtilMisc.toMap(
> [javac16] ^
> [javac16] inferred: Map<String,Object>
> [javac16] bound(s): Map<String,String>
> [javac16] where V,V1,V2,V3 are type-variables:
> [javac16] V extends Object declared in method <V,V1,V2,V3>toMap(String,V1,String,V2,String,V3)
> [javac16] V1 extends V declared in method <V,V1,V2,V3>toMap(String,V1,String,V2,String,V3)
> [javac16] V2 extends V declared in method <V,V1,V2,V3>toMap(String,V1,String,V2,String,V3)
> [javac16] V3 extends V declared in method <V,V1,V2,V3>toMap(String,V1,String,V2,String,V3)
> [javac16] 1 error
> [javac16] 1 warning
> Changing to use JDK 6 works around this issue - however given that EOL for JDK6 is November 2012 (IE this year, already extended from July) this is not a long term solution.
> Regards
> Karl