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[ BUILD # : 200510251800 ] [ JDK VERSION : 1.4.2_xx ] Many app servers and companies just do not have any support for the J2EE 1.4 spec yet. Namely, the OC4J Oracle app server. I see the ability to change "source level" at a later time in the project, but during enterprise project creation, it seems that I am limited to 1.4 as the J2EE version I can create projects against. This severly limits the user base, as many companies just haven't had the need or the resources to make the jump to 1.4. I see this as a critical issue if we plan on releasing 5.0 with support for J2EE. Just supporting 1.4 is a major tease, and letdown which will surely make the developers run to another solution or IDE.
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This is not a defect, you are asking for a new feature. Support for J2EE 1.4 was added in NetBeans 4.1 and we never planned to go back to focus on J2EE 1.3 (except for web module, you can create a 1.3 web module, set Tomcat as the target server). This is a resource decission: we can do more for 1.4 or do less for 1.3 and 1.4. I am just curious: you are saying "many" I would like to see some data on this. The source level is somewhat unrelated to this. This sets the source level for Java features (e.g. source level 1.4 does now allow annotations, generics, etc.) What you probably mean here is the J2EE Version (project properties, section Run).
You are correct, it is an RFE. I apologize for the misfile. The big issue here, is that we have a lot of Oracle developers, who are open minded. The biggest disadvantage to using Netbeans is it's lack of support for J2EE 1.3. The Oracle / Orion OC4J container is the #2 app server in the world.. (According to some sketchy numbers that were handed to me) Denying support for J2EE 1.3 is like closing the doors for anyone who is currently using JDeveloper for Java development, or anyone who is developing against Oracle app server. Even the latest 10g download doesn't begin to support J2EE 1.4! Personally, I can't stand using Oracle, but I have no choice. Even if NB doesn't natively provide support for J2EE 1.3, it would be nice to know that it can work with it for packaing EAR's, and WARs. There seem to be very subtle differences that can be addressed with minimal effort. Be it what it is, I'm sure that there may be other compelling reasons to support the 1.3 spec. Another reason is supporting legacy apps. the 1.4 spec has only been around since November of 2003. Cheers! _Sean
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