Java 8

[natdan]

Is there any reason why pi4j should be Java 1.7 bound?

[savageautomate]

Traditionally for a library, I try to maintain one major version older than the currently released JVM. So many tools and containers take a while to update to the latest JVM and just did not want it to be an obstacle when using Pi4J.

Maybe with Java 8 now shipping on the Pi its time to consider updating?

Thanks, Robert

[natdan]

Completely agree. Only difference now is that Java 8 brings quite a lot of new stuff directly applicable to many aspects of pi4j (namely closure/lambdas) and we're already on update #65.

This is quite deliberately open question here so everyone can jump in and agree or oppose move. I am not in hurry to just jump the train and leave wreckage behind (incompatible code breakage, etc).

But, if nobody objects - why not? Any comments?

[savageautomate]

Updated min requirement to Java 8 in version 1.2-SNAPSHOT
Via commit: 51c1e9a