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diff --git a/docs/dist/doc/README-198.html b/docs/dist/doc/README-198.html index 825d872ef..24abfdb95 100644 --- a/docs/dist/doc/README-198.html +++ b/docs/dist/doc/README-198.html @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ features, such as: </p> <ul> - <li>sealed classes (final in Java 17, previews in Java 15, 16 and AspectJ 1.9.7)</li> - <li>pattern matching for switch</li> + <li>Sealed classes (final in Java 17, previews in Java 15, 16 and AspectJ 1.9.7)</li> + <li>Pattern matching for <tt>switch</tt></li> </ul> <p> For features marked as preview on a given JDK, you need to compile with <tt>ajc --enable-preview</tt> and run with @@ -47,12 +47,15 @@ is a JVM limitation unrelated to AspectJ. Also, e.g. sealed classes are preview-1 on JDK 15 and preview-2 on JDK 16. You still need to recompile, no matter what. </p> + +<h2>Improvements</h2> + <p> - Furthermore, the <tt>--release N</tt> compiler option for correct cross-compilation to previous JDK bytecode + API - versions is now supported by AJC. Previously, the option existed (inherited by ECJ) but did not work correctly. + The <tt>--release N</tt> compiler option for correct cross-compilation to previous JDK bytecode + API versions is now + supported by AJC. Previously, the option existed (inherited by ECJ) but did not work correctly. </p> -<h3>Code examples</h3> +<h2>Code examples</h2> <p> You can find some sample code in the AspectJ test suite under the respective AspectJ version in which the features @@ -86,14 +89,16 @@ <ul> <li> - The AspectJ compiler no longer works on JDK 8-10. The minimum compile-time requirement for AspectJ is JDK 11 due - to upstream changes in the Eclipse Java Compiler (subset of JDT Core), which AspectJ is a fork of. You can still - compile to legacy target versions as low as Java 1.3, but the compiler itself (and probably also the load-time - weaver) needs JDK 11. + The AspectJ compiler <tt>ajc</tt> (contained in the <tt>aspectjtools</tt> library) no longer works on JDKs 8 to 10. The minimum + compile-time requirement is now JDK 11 due to upstream changes in the Eclipse Java Compiler (subset of JDT Core), + which AspectJ is a fork of. You can still compile to legacy target versions as low as Java 1.3 when compiling plain + Java code or using plain Java ITD constructs which do not require the AspectJ runtime <tt>aspectjrt</tt>, but the compiler + itself needs JDK 11+. Just like in previous AspectJ versions, both the runtime <tt>aspectjrt</tt> and the load-time weaver + <tt>aspectjweaver</tt> still only require JRE 8+. </li> <li>Document build profiles and properties in <i>docs/developer/BUILD.md</i></li> <li>Add a guide for setting up an AspectJ development environment in <i>docs/developer/IDE.md</i></li> - <li>Allowed JAR saving if <tt>-proceedOnError</tt> is specified</li> + <li>Allow JAR saving if <tt>-proceedOnError</tt> is specified</li> </ul> <p> |