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Approved
Jira server ASF JIRA columns key,summary,type,created,updated,due,assignee,reporter,priority,status,resolution serverId 5aa69414-a9e9-3523-82ec-879b028fb15b key LEGAL-563 - Focus on running NetBeans with javac from latest JDKJDK.next tests - 56 failures as of May 16, 2021PR-3206 integrates the here-in proposed solution into NetBeans (post 12.6).
Eliminating the need for nb-javac
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That automatically rewrites all occurrences of optional.isEmpty() to !optional.isPresent() and that is going to compile on JDK8. Few more (~30) rules like this and the javac is almost ready to run on JDK8! Run few tests to verify the behavior remains the same after the automatic transformation and that's all. People can use Apache NetBeans IDE with javac from the latest JDK or they can use the automatic port of the same code running on JDK8. Ideally the behavior shall be identical. No more questions: Are you using nb-javac or not? No more duplicated testing matrix.PR-3206 integrates the here-in proposed solution into NetBeans post 12.6.