Scala and Akka with Java 7?

[Harit Himanshu]

Hi

I was learning Akka and Scala with Java 8, but recently told that the project that I am going to contribute is Java 7, and no plans for migrating to Java 8 since it may affect many customers.  

I am interested in learning if I can use both Scala and Akka with Java 7?

What am I going to miss? How would I know looking at API(for Scala and Akka) if it is supported by Java 7?

Thank you

[Konrad Malawski]

All APIs in Akka 2.3.x support Java 6 / 7 - only the "lambda things" require Java 8, 

so it's easy to spot them (and you won't accidentally bump into them I'd say).

Also remember that using Scala gives you the even more conciseness and power as Java 8 APIs yet does not require Java 8 :-)

Note: Akka 2.4 which we'll be rolling out rather soon will require JDK8. 

There is a ton of useful stuff we need to use from 8 to make Akka even better than it is today.

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Cheers,

Konrad 'ktoso' Malawski

Akka @ Typesafe

[Konrad Malawski]

Harit, please do not double post the same question to scala-user and akka-user at the same time.

You'll get all your Akka questions answered on akka-user, no worries.

Since it's a community forum it may take some time but we never leave questions unanswered.

Thanks in advance!

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Konrad 'ktoso’ Malawski
Akka @ Typesafe

[Harit Himanshu]

copy that, I posted because it also affected my learning with Scala, but I get you

Thank you

[Harit Himanshu]

so as I understand

Scala 2.11.6 and

Akks 2.3.11

are good enough to use with Java 7? Right?

Thanks a lot

+ Harit Himanshu

[Konrad Malawski]

Correct :-)

Akka 2.3.x supports JDK6+

Akka 2.4.x supports JDK8+

We do not add new features to 2.3.x, those go into the master branch, which becomes Akka 2.4.x.

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Cheers,

Konrad 'ktoso’ Malawski
Akka @ Typesafe

[Harit Himanshu]

cool, Thanks a lot!