reduced min Java version to 1.6

build/src/org/aspectj/internal/tools/ant/taskdefs/AntBuilder.java

@@ -278,8 +278,9 @@ public class AntBuilder extends Builder {
 				javac.setSource("1.8");
 				javac.setTarget("1.8");				
 			} else {
-				javac.setSource("1.7");
-				javac.setTarget("1.7");
+				// min
+				javac.setSource("1.6");
+				javac.setTarget("1.6");
 			}
 		}
 		// compile

org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/compiler/ast/AdviceDeclaration.java

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class AdviceDeclaration extends AjMethodDeclaration {
 	public int adviceSequenceNumberInType;
 
 	public MethodBinding proceedMethodBinding; // set during this.resolveStaments, referenced by Proceed
-	public List<Proceed> proceedCalls = new ArrayList<>(2); // populated during Proceed.findEnclosingAround
+	public List<Proceed> proceedCalls = new ArrayList<Proceed>(2); // populated during Proceed.findEnclosingAround
 
 	private boolean proceedInInners;
 	private ResolvedMember[] proceedCallSignatures;

testing/newsrc/org/aspectj/testing/XMLBasedAjcTestCase.java

@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Stack;
 
-import junit.extensions.TestSetup;
-import junit.framework.Test;
-import junit.framework.TestSuite;
-
 import org.apache.commons.digester.Digester;
 import org.aspectj.apache.bcel.classfile.Attribute;
 import org.aspectj.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass;
@@ -39,6 +35,12 @@ import org.aspectj.apache.bcel.util.SyntheticRepository;
 import org.aspectj.tools.ajc.AjcTestCase;
 import org.aspectj.tools.ajc.CompilationResult;
 import org.aspectj.util.FileUtil;
+import org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedMember;
+import org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType;
+
+import junit.extensions.TestSetup;
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
 
 /**
  * Root class for all Test suites that are based on an AspectJ XML test suite file. Extends AjcTestCase allowing a mix of
@@ -463,5 +465,23 @@ public abstract class XMLBasedAjcTestCase extends AjcTestCase {
     return new File(getClass().getResource(resourceName).getFile());
   }
 
+	protected Method findMethod(JavaClass jc, String string) {
+		for (Method m : jc.getMethods()) {
+			if (m.getName().equals(string)) {
+				return m;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	protected ResolvedMember findMethod(ResolvedType outerType, String string) {
+		for (ResolvedMember method: outerType.getDeclaredMethods()) {
+			if (method.getName().equals(string)) {
+				return method;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	
 }

util/src/org/aspectj/util/LangUtil.java

@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ public class LangUtil {
 		if ((null == array) || (1 > array.length)) {
 			return Collections.emptyList();
 		}
-		ArrayList<T> list = new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<T> list = new ArrayList<T>();
 		list.addAll(Arrays.asList(array));
 		return list;
 	}