Does the Java compiler work well if using a target level lower than the source level? For example:
javac -source 1.7 -target 1.6
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4And what happened when you tried it? – Elliott Frisch Oct 14 '16 at 02:13
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If it compiles it should run. – user207421 Oct 14 '16 at 06:12
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**[javac] javac: source release 1.7 requires target release 1.7** – Splash Aug 04 '20 at 10:09
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if you compiler code use java 1.7,the code can not run with java 1.6,if you do this,you will receive a Unsupported major.minor version.
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Err, yes it can, if it compiles and you use the -target 1.6 switch, which is what the question is about. – user207421 Oct 14 '16 at 06:11
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I've just tried for modern source level 1.8 with bytecode target version 1.7 but it failed: **[javac] javac: source release 1.8 requires target release 1.8** – Splash Aug 04 '20 at 10:06