Fix "reference to Record is ambiguous" build error on JDK 16 and above #502
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Since Java 16, a new java.lang.Record class has been added to the Java
SE API. Classes under the java.lang package, including this Record
class, are automatically imported in any Java source file. Because this
project also has a com.univocity.parsers.common.record.Record interface,
when it is being compiled on JDK 16 and above, there would be an
ambiguity as to which class/interface to use for the 'Record' type:
src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/common/Context.java:136: error: reference to Record is ambiguous
Record toRecord(String[] row);
^
both interface com.univocity.parsers.common.record.Record in com.univocity.parsers.common.record and class java.lang.Record in java.lang match
The resolution to this issue is simply to import the Record interface
under this project explicitly in every source file using it.
Bug: Leo3418/junit-5-ebuild-repo#4
Reported-by: Volkmar W. Pogatzki <gentoo@pogatzki.net>
Signed-off-by: Yuan Liao <liaoyuan@gmail.com>
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The commit in this pull request fixes compiler errors like the following one when this project is being built using JDK 16 or above:
More details are explained in the commit message.
Although this project's
pom.xmlstill declares Java 1.6 as the compilation source/target, which means that it cannot be built using JDK 12+ yet, this change would still make this project more future-proof under all circumstances. It eliminates one issue you folks would encounter when you decide to support JDK 17 for the latest LTS release of Java. Even if you wish to stay on older Java versions for an extended period, this commit is backward-compatible with older JDK versions and does not introduce any regression both theoretically and practically according to my testing.For what it is worth, the aforementioned compiler errors were discovered when we packaged this project for a GNU/Linux distribution (Leo3418/junit-5-ebuild-repo#4). We, as distribution maintainers, often use a more up-to-date version of JDK to build packages for various Java projects:
Therefore, we, as maintainers of those distributions, would appreciate your attention to support for the newer JDK versions.