Re: Re: BUG #9611: Current jdbc driver doesn't support any classes in Java 8 java.time

On 03/18/2014 12:03 PM, David Johnston wrote:
> 2. Coding a Java 8 driver would seem to require de-supporting any prior
> versions...

No, it doesn't.

We already have support for building JDBC3 drivers against JDK5, and
JDBC4 against JDK6, as well as 4.1 against JDK7.

Adding JDK8 only method overloads, etc, would not be a significant
issue. However, I'd want to do that as part of a JDBC spec revision, so
that PgJDBC behaves consistently with other JDBC drivers on JDK8.

Have you, Vernon, done any checking to see whether JDK8 incorporates the
features you want in a JDBC spec update?

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