java-7

Considerate migration plan for Java5/Java6 applications to Java 7?

I'm currently investigating if it makes sense to delay some minor planned refactoring work and combine it with the migration to Java 7, but I'm a little bit concerned that it might make it harder to trace the causes of some bugs if both code and platform change at the same time. The benefit of the move would be the ability to clean up a...

Is it "safe" to develop for the JDK7 platform?

We have a project which (assumed) would be finished in 1-2 years. By then, the JDK7 (and hopefully the Java7 JCP spec) should be ready. But, I wonder, how probable is the "danger" that Oracle will make a "stupid" decision, which would make the JDK7 a less "attractive" platform then the existing JDK6? More specific, I'm afraid of scenar...