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iberck
iberck

Reputation: 2430

What does mean java source/binary format?

What does mean source/binary format in java? what is it?

This property appears in netbeans project's properties/source category.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 5701

Answers (2)

hd1
hd1

Reputation: 34677

I don't use NetBeans, but I 'd guess it represents Java compiler version settings -- certain versions activate language features (1.5 activates generics, for example) and reduce backward compatibility.

Upvotes: 0

Adrián
Adrián

Reputation: 6255

Means if you're working with a project that must be compatible with JDK 7, 6, 5 ... so that the IDE can recognize unsupported features in your code.

The IDE would compile with the appropiate -source and -target options.

Upvotes: 6

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