| Detecting JDK Version using ANT | Detecting JDK Version using ANT 2005-06-16 - By Zarar Siddiqi
Thanks for clearing that up.
I'm sticking with ${java.specification.version} as suggested by Alexey.
Zarar
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Bodewig" <bodewig@(protected)>
To: <user@(protected)>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: Detecting JDK Version using ANT
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Zarar Siddiqi <zarar.siddiqi@(protected)> wrote:
>
>> I'm assuming ${ant.java.version} is the version Ant is using in case
>> there are multiple JDK's installed
>
> No, it is the "flavor" of JDK Ant has detected at runtime, it doesn't
> trust the system properties and probes for certain features (existing
> classes, basically). Ant bases its decisions on which command line
> arguments javac or javadoc can deal with and many other things on the
> value of this property.
>
>> on the system and ${java.version} queries the JAVA_HOME variable.
>
> No. This is a system property set by the Java VM itself.
>
> Stefan
>
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