Grouper Developers Forum

[Chris Hyzer <>]

Hey,

We are starting to use spring for ldappc, and the way it reads META-INF 
directories in jars is not compatible with "invoker" which is how we put all 
the jars on the classpath.  However, Java6 now has a wildcard classpath 
feature which allows you to specify a directory where the jars are, and not 
each individual jar.  Also, invoker is s-l-o-w, and the native Java method is 
not.  We also give a good error message if you have the wrong Java.

We will compile everything with Java5, and the other parts of Grouper (WS, 
UI) will run with Java5 or Java6.  But the GSH script will require Java6.  If 
you really need Java5 for GSH (and you aren't running ldappc), all it is is a 
Java program, so you can revert to the old GSH script or easily write your 
own.  Note that Java5 is not even supported by Sun anymore (desupported in 
October 2009 I believe).  Also, you can have multiple Java versions on a 
machine at once that do not affect each other.

Concerns?  Questions?
Thanks
Chris