Specify Java Version in build.xml

Hello,

I want to build a jar file with 1.4 version of java, i have both 1.4 and 1.5 installed on my machine and 1.5 is the default java jre and everytime it complies it uses java 1.5 is there a way we can specify the java version of compiler in the build.xml in ant process. or is there any other way so that ant uses 1.4 for compilation.

I think we can do this using the build.properties file for ANT but have no clue of this can anybody help me in this.

Thanks
Harish

You can set your JAVA_HOME in the ant script (or as you say through build.properties file) in order to pick up the JDK you want for that build

For the <javac> task, set the source and target properties. Example:

I got it after some time.

This is what you need to specify while doing javac in ANT build file

<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${dist.dir.classes}" executable="D:\j2sdk1.4.2_05\bin\javac" compiler="javac1.4"/>

Thanks
Harish