org.springframework.core

Class JdkVersion

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.core.JdkVersion

public abstract class JdkVersion
extends Object

Internal helper class used to find the Java/JVM version that Spring is operating on, to allow for automatically adapting to the present platform's capabilities.

Note that Spring requires JVM 1.5 or higher, as of Spring 3.0.

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller, Rick Evans

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	JAVA_13 Constant identifying the 1.3.x JVM (JDK 1.3).
static int	JAVA_14 Constant identifying the 1.4.x JVM (J2SE 1.4).
static int	JAVA_15 Constant identifying the 1.5 JVM (Java 5).
static int	JAVA_16 Constant identifying the 1.6 JVM (Java 6).
static int	JAVA_17 Constant identifying the 1.7 JVM (Java 7).
static int	JAVA_18 Constant identifying the 1.8 JVM (Java 8).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JdkVersion()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getJavaVersion() Return the full Java version string, as returned by System.getProperty("java.version").
static int	getMajorJavaVersion() Get the major version code.
static boolean	isAtLeastJava14() Deprecated. as of Spring 3.0 which requires Java 1.5+
static boolean	isAtLeastJava15() Deprecated. as of Spring 3.0 which requires Java 1.5+
static boolean	isAtLeastJava16() Deprecated. as of Spring 3.0, in favor of reflective checks for the specific Java 1.6 classes of interest

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

JAVA_13

public static final int JAVA_13

Constant identifying the 1.3.x JVM (JDK 1.3).

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Constant Field Values

JAVA_14

public static final int JAVA_14

Constant identifying the 1.4.x JVM (J2SE 1.4).

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Constant Field Values

JAVA_15

public static final int JAVA_15

Constant identifying the 1.5 JVM (Java 5).

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Constant Field Values

JAVA_16

public static final int JAVA_16

Constant identifying the 1.6 JVM (Java 6).

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Constant Field Values

JAVA_17

public static final int JAVA_17

Constant identifying the 1.7 JVM (Java 7).

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Constant Field Values

JAVA_18

public static final int JAVA_18

Constant identifying the 1.8 JVM (Java 8).

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

JdkVersion

public JdkVersion()

Method Detail

getJavaVersion

public static String getJavaVersion()

Return the full Java version string, as returned by System.getProperty("java.version").

Returns:

the full Java version string

See Also:

System.getProperty(String)

getMajorJavaVersion

public static int getMajorJavaVersion()

Get the major version code. This means we can do things like if (getMajorJavaVersion() >= JAVA_17).

Returns:

a code comparable to the JAVA_XX codes in this class

See Also:

JAVA_13, JAVA_14, JAVA_15, JAVA_16, JAVA_17

isAtLeastJava14

@Deprecated
public static boolean isAtLeastJava14()

Deprecated. as of Spring 3.0 which requires Java 1.5+

Convenience method to determine if the current JVM is at least Java 1.4.

Returns:

true if the current JVM is at least Java 1.4

See Also:

getMajorJavaVersion(), JAVA_14, JAVA_15, JAVA_16, JAVA_17

isAtLeastJava15

@Deprecated
public static boolean isAtLeastJava15()

Deprecated. as of Spring 3.0 which requires Java 1.5+

Convenience method to determine if the current JVM is at least Java 1.5 (Java 5).

Returns:

true if the current JVM is at least Java 1.5

See Also:

getMajorJavaVersion(), JAVA_15, JAVA_16, JAVA_17

isAtLeastJava16

@Deprecated
public static boolean isAtLeastJava16()

Deprecated. as of Spring 3.0, in favor of reflective checks for the specific Java 1.6 classes of interest

Convenience method to determine if the current JVM is at least Java 1.6 (Java 6).

Returns:

true if the current JVM is at least Java 1.6

See Also:

getMajorJavaVersion(), JAVA_16, JAVA_17