Re: archive viewer installation problem

[Sergei Chevtsov <chevtsov@slac.stanford.edu>]

Hi, everyone!

I rebuilt AV with Java 1.4, so all problems should be gone now.
Sorry for inconvenience.

Sergei

Chevtsov, Sergei wrote:

> Hi, Christophe!
>
> Claude is correct, and I apologize for not testing the new build under 1.4 :-(
> Unfortunately, I have no access to SNS CVS right now, so I will be able to fix it only when I am back from my vacation next Wednesday.
>
> To all:
> Btw, how many people still use Java 1.4?
>
> Sergei
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claude Saunders [mailto:saunders@aps.anl.gov]
> Sent: Fri 9/2/2005 9:08 AM
> To: Christophe Moins
> Cc: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: archive viewer installation problem
>
> This looks very much like the xal.jar (and hence MessageCenter.class) 
> was built with JDK1.5, whereas you are compiling and building with 
> JDK1.4. I've used classes across the transition from JDK1.3 to JDK1.4 
> before without a problem, but it looks like there are more 
> incompatibilities between 1.4 and 1.5. It's nice that the compiler flags 
> it, but the error message is a bit obtuse.
>
> SNS builds XAL with JDK1.5 now, so you either have to move up to 1.5, or 
> request a jar file built under 1.4. I'm not sure if they have coded in 
> 1.5 specific features, so that may or may not be possible.
>
>   - Claude
>
> Christophe Moins wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to install archive viewer but I have the following message 
> > when I launch the ant command in  Archiveviewer's top directory :
> >
> > *********************************************************************************************************** 
> >
> > Buildfile: build.xml
> >
> > -create_build_dir:
> >
> > build_all:
> >   [javac] Compiling 842 source files to /root/archiveviewer/build
> >   [javac] 
> > /root/archiveviewer/src/epics/archiveviewer/base/AVBase.java:25: 
> > cannot access gov.sns.tools.messaging.MessageCenter
> >   [javac] bad class file: 
> > /root/archiveviewer/ext_jars/xal.jar(gov/sns/tools/messaging/MessageCenter.class) 
> >
> >   [javac] class file has wrong version 49.0, should be 48.0
> >   [javac] Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct 
> > subdirectory of the classpath.
> >   [javac] import gov.sns.tools.messaging.MessageCenter;
> >   [javac]                                ^
> >   [javac] 1 error
> >
> > BUILD FAILED
> > /root/archiveviewer/build.xml:21: Compile failed; see the compiler 
> > error output for details.
> >
> > Total time: 18 seconds
> > *********************************************************************************************************** 
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anybody what's going on ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Christophe
> >
> >    
>
>
>