Java.specification.version

Hi, Is there a format defined for the java.specification.version system property? I couldn't find a list of the specification numbers and so I'm wondering if it will it always be of the form 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, etc.? The other properties such as java.version and java.vm.version include minor versions and build numbers.
I am trying to detect if the JRE version is 1.4 and I know I can just do a beginsWith(1.4) but I'd like to understand if the property value is predictable across JREs (vendor/version).
Give me a link if you know its mentioned somewhere. I couldn't find anything more than what is mentioned in the java.lang.System API doc.
Thanks!

Personally I would use ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream("java/lang/Object.class") and parse out the major and minor version numbers.

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867322 wrote:
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j2sdk1.4.2_09
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Firefox however uses JRE 1.6.0_31, and correctly reports this as insecure. It offers me the option to upgrade, but I do not want to download and install another JRE since I already have said JRE 1.7.0_21 installed. I would highly prefer to just be able to point Firefox to that JRE. I don't see an option to select another installed JRE however.
I have already attempted to manually modify the pluginreg.dat file (I know, it says Do not edit...) by changing the JRE 1.6 entries to JRE 1.7, but upon restart my edits were overwritten and the old JRE was back. As a result I cannot view certain web sites (also corporate/internal) without having to switch to lesser browsers.
Please let me know how I can make Firefox use the already installed JRE 1.7.

Thank you for your response, cor-el. I was able to successfully add the JRE 1.7 plugin to Firefox by modifying the existing JRE 1.6 registry entries, but I would not recommend this procedure to users that are less confident in registry editing. Too bad there is not a more user friendly way to do this.
Unfortunately the Java applet I'm trying to view is still not displayed. I've dug a bit deeper and found that the applet explicitly specifies an older JPI version (1.5.0_02). AFAIK Firefox cannot deal with this if its installed JPI (now 1.7.0_21) does not match the version requested. So either I'm going to have to dig up this older JPI version and install that too, or just switch to an alternative browser to be able to view this applet.

How can you ignore one specific version of a package when upgrading?

Hi all,
Due to a rather nasty bug in mplayer, the current version in the Arch repositories is unusable for me. I am currently running the previous version without any problems, but every time I try to upgrade, pacman wants to reinstall this broken version.
I don't want to list mplayer in the IgnorePkgs option, because then I won't get any new versions. Since the bug has long been fixed, the next Arch version should work fine - it's just the current Arch version (35014) that is broken and I want to ignore.
Is there some way I can blacklist this specific version of the package, so although it won't ever be installed, any newer version will?
I tried adding "mplayer-35014" and "mplayer-35014-1" to IgnorePkgs but it didn't work.
Any suggestions?

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. I didn't actually build a package from it, because I didn't know where the problem was. So I just compiled a bunch of things the old fashioned way and ran them without installing anything until I had narrowed down the problem. But I'm sure there's an mplayer-svn in AUR I could use - good idea.

Function Module to get ABAP source code for a specific version

Hi all
Is there a function module that I can use to get the source code of another function module at a specific version?
For example, can I call a function module passing in "FM_NAME" and "FM_VERSION" and have it return the lines of code associated with that object?
Thanks in advance.
Stuart

Thanks guys
That's incredibly helpful! I have one more question that I just thought of last night...
Is there a way to hook into the code activation process? I want to be able to take a snapshot of the ABAP source code at each point when it is activated for use in another system, but need to be able to intercept this event and get the source code at that point in time.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

SAP NetWeaver 2004s Java Trial Version on Windows Vista

Hello everyone,
I have been trying to install SAP NetWeaver 2004s Java Trial Version for three days now on Windows Vista Ultimate. Since Microsoft has a new security infrastructure implemented in Windows Vista, it is not that easy to install SAP NetWeaver 2004s Java Trial Version. Windows Vista has some sort of User-account security. In summary, in Windows Vista, you are logged in as an administrator, but when it comes to change system files or do registry entries, you or respectivly third party programs (e.g. SAP NetWeaver 2004s Java Trial Version installer) has no rights to do things like registry entries. There is a possibility to rightclick on the setup.bat file and start it in administrative mode, but that doesn't change a thing.
I hope you guys get my problem.
This is the error log:
WARNING 2007-01-28 21:09:35
Error 5 (acces denied
) in execution of a 'RegOpenKeyEx' function, line (69), with parameter (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DPS).
WARNING 2007-01-28 21:09:35
The Subkey 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DPS' does not exist on the 'localhost' host.
ERROR 2007-01-28 21:09:35
MOS-01185 The subkey 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DPS' does not exist on the 'localhost' host.
ERROR 2007-01-28 21:09:35
FCO-00011 The step collect with step key |NW_Java_OneHost|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_Onehost_System|ind|ind|ind|ind|1|0|NW_GetSidNoProfiles|ind|ind|ind|ind|1|0|collect was executed with status ERROR .
Please help!
yours
erik

Windows Vista isn't on the support matrix of SAP Netweaver 2004s!
you may play arround with regedit and chaning the security settings of SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DPS key. SAPinst is doing a KEY_ALL_ACCESS when enumerating the services registry.
Starting with Vista some registry values have special protection which do not allow administrators to open them with KEY_ALL_ACCESS.
peter

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