java 5 and java 6 compatability

[Kowshik Nandagudi]

Hi All,

My production server has jre5 but the application in my local runs in jre6 . can i run that application in my production server which is java5


Best Regards,
Kowshik NS

[Rob Spoor]

Only if you
a) do not use any class, method or field that was introduced in Java 6; these will have a "Since Java 1.6" inside the Javadoc pages.
b) use the -target 1.5 compiler flag to get binary compatibility. If you forget this you will get an error when running your code.