java编译 jvm,可以编译Java 8代码以在Java 7 JVM上运行吗？

Java 8 introduces important new language features such as lambda expressions.

Are these changes in the language accompanied by such significant changes in the compiled bytecode that would prevent it from being run on a Java 7 virtual machine without using some retrotranslator?

解决方案

No, using 1.8 features in your source code requires you to target a 1.8 VM. I just tried the new Java 8 release and tried compiling with -target 1.7 -source 1.8, and the compiler refuses:

$ javac Test -source 1.8 -target 1.7

javac: source release 1.8 requires target release 1.8