Changes between Version 87 and Version 88 of DevelopersGuide/DevelopingPlugins

Timestamp:

2018-10-20T18:23:03+02:00 (7 years ago)

Author:

Don-vip

Comment:

plugins must be built using Java 8

DevelopersGuide/DevelopingPlugins

@@ -195 +195 @@
 
 === A plugin is deployed as a single jar ===
-A JOSM plugin is deployed as a single jar file. The jar files name must be equal to the plugin name, i.e. {{{routing4all.jar}}}.
+A JOSM plugin is deployed as a single **Java 8** jar file. The jar files name must be equal to the plugin name, i.e. {{{routing4all.jar}}}.
 
 The jar file must include 
@@ -241 +241 @@
 
 == Publishing a plugin ==
-The plugin list a user sees ([/plugin here]) is automatically generated at regular intervals (currently about 10 minutes) from plugin JAR files that are located in [osm:source:/applications/editors/josm/dist/ josm/dist] on the OSM.org SVN repository (referred to as "internal" plugins) and from links that are embedded in the [[wiki:Plugins]] page (referred to as "external" plugins). Each method has advantages and disadvantages.
+The plugin list a user sees ([/plugin here]) is automatically generated at regular intervals (currently about 10 minutes) from plugin JAR files (**built with Java 8**) that are located in [osm:source:/applications/editors/josm/dist/ josm/dist] on the OSM.org SVN repository (referred to as "internal" plugins) and from links that are embedded in the [[wiki:Plugins]] page (referred to as "external" plugins). Each method has advantages and disadvantages.
 
 Advantages of hosting code externally: