什么是java源/二进制格式？

Question

What does mean source/binary format in java? what is it?

This property appears in netbeans project's properties/source category.

Answer 1

Means if you're working with a project that must be compatible with JDK 7, 6, 5 ... so that the IDE can recognize unsupported features in your code.

The IDE would compile with the appropiate -source and -target options.

Answer 2

我不使用NetBeans，但我猜它代表Java编译器版本设置 - 某些版本激活语言功能（例如1.5激活泛型）并降低向后兼容性。