tree 057fa405165d395fefbabe9e7f505a25bbcdfcb9
parent 518163afbd7c4f6733d12fa6f2de3db612fda947
author Christopher Tubbs <ctubbsii@apache.org> 1612466004 -0500
committer Jens Geyer <jensg@apache.org> 1612473030 +0100

THRIFT-5274: Enforce Java 8 compatibility
Client: Java
Patch: Christopher Tubbs

This closes #2325

* Enforce Java 8 compatibility using the new `--release` flag introduced
  in JDK9, so that all generated bytecode follows Java 8 strict
  compatibility, even when building with newer JDK versions (9 or later)
  (this fixes NoSuchMethodError with ByteBuffer, and other potential
  incompatibilities in bytecode generation that would make the code
  unable to run on a Java 8 JRE)
* Also strictly enforce the JDK version used to build the project by
  ensuring it is at least version 1.8, and will fail fast when building
  the Java libraries if this condition is not met.