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  3. August 2005

Re: Can I detect Java version before my java program starts?

TitanRebel wrote:
You bring up an excellent point.... The application is Tomcat (not the LPP version). Quite some time ago, it required tools.jar in the classpath (I can't remember why). I just tried it without... and it seems to work. Guess I'll have to do some more testing.
Tomcat needs tools.jar to compile JSP-pages (they are converted to Java source code which is then compiled in the usual way with the JDK compiler in tools.jar). If all pages have been compiled, then there is no need for a compiler.
If you have a 1.5 Java then Tomcat 5.5 is a good option. It is fast and it brings its own compiler so tools.jar is not needed.

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