- Retrotranslator
Infobox_Software
name = Retrotranslator
caption =
developer =
latest_release_version = 1.2.6
latest_release_date =February 29 ,2008
latest preview version =
latest preview date =
operating_system =Cross-platform
platform =Java Virtual Machine
programming_language = Java
genre =
license = BSD-like License
website = http://retrotranslator.sourceforge.net/Retrotranslator is a program written in Java that "converts" Java classes (
bytecode ).The "source" classes may use Java 1.5 and Java 1.6 features, whereas the "target" will be compatible with Java 1.4 and older environments.Retrotranslator supports all Java 5 language features and part of the Java 5 API on both J2SE 1.4 and J2SE 1.3. On older Java environments only the Java 5 features that don't depend on the new API are supported. Retrotranslator is based on the ASM bytecode manipulation framework and the backport of the Java 5.0 concurrency utilities (see http://backport-jsr166.sourceforge.net/ )
The Stripes Framework developers suggest to use Retrotranslator in order to use Stripes (which extensively use Java 1.5 features) on a Java 1.4 environment [http://www.stripesframework.org/display/stripes/Java+1.4+and+Stripes]
Alternative tools
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Retroweaver
*Declawer
*JBossRetro Links
comparison of backporting tools
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