java 8 兼容,从Java 9到Java 8的兼容性和迁移

I'm reading the document about the new Java 9 module system.

The paragraph 3 Compatibility & migration explains how to migrate code

from Java 8 to Java 9, but says nothing on how "migrate" or run an application

written in Java 9 to pre Java 9 runtimes.

So, if I have, say a JAR application written in a modularity way (every module has a module descriptor) what does happen if I deploy it on, i.e, a JDK 8 runtime?

解决方案

You cannot start a Java application with a JRE which is less than the one it is built for.

If you just use javac without any special options it will produces classes which do run on JREs equal or bigger than the one of the used JDK.

However javac supports cross compilation. You can use JDK 8 to compile JDK 6 compatible class files. Search for Cross-Compilation Options in the javac docs.