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Subject: Re: is class file backward compatible
From: "Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:13:48 -0500
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So, what will happen if the class, that compiled in the older version of
java complier, has a method that is fully deprecated in the new version
of JVM?

"David Gibbs" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:<mailman.11041.1237564455.26163.java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>...

Lim Hock-Chai wrote:

can a class that created using a lower version of java compiler run

on a

higher version of JVM?

Yes, this should be possible without a problem.

david

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