在Mac OSX 10.7.5上的Netbeans中编译Java 1.5 Web应用程序

Question

I am running Netbeans on my Mac OSX 10.7.5 which uses Java 1.6. I need to compile my web app in Netbeans against Java 1.5. I tried to install Java 1.5 on my Mac OSX, but it will not let you. How can I compile my netbeans web app against Java 1.5 on my mac osx?

Answer 1

Go to Tools -> Java Platforms . There, click on Add Platform , point it to YOUR_JDK_LOCATION . You can either set the another JDK version or remove existing versions.

after adding multiple platform change your project compile specification according to your requirement

To download jdk binary please visit below location

Link 1 zip file

Link 2 tar file

Answer 2

change your java version

$ export JAVA_HOME= /usr/libexec/java_home -v '1.5*'`

OR

parameterize the compiler like javac -source 1.5 -target 1.5

Answer 3

I believe I figured it out. In Netbeans, if you right click your project and go to 'Properties', in the 'Sources' category there is an option that says 'Source/Binary Format' which contains a drop down list where you can select the JDK version to build your project.

Since I am running JDK 6 on my mac, it will allow you to select version 6 and below, and in my case, I select version 5.