I'm trying to develop for Java 1.6. In preferences, I've tried changing to 1.6 under "Installed JREs" and "Compilers", the latter of which prompts me for a full rebuild.
First, I get a '<>' operator not allowed error even when I create a new job.
Second, the "Compilers" preference change isn't persistent (it resets to my default 1.8 every time I quit and relaunch).
You cannot generally downgrade. To backup, you should login to the project, right-click any repository item, select Export Items and export all to a zip.
Your answer implies that it's impossible to developed for 1.6 using the latest TOS DI release - is this correct? If so, what's the latest release that WILL enable me to develop for 1.6? Why are there options to swap out different compilers and JDK's?
Java 8 is currently the recommended Java version for all Talend products and modules since v6.0. Although you can still use Java 7, Java 8 is the only version of Java that is officially supported from Talend v6.0 onwards, due to the end of Oracle support for Java 7.
