Check if library will work on a specific verion of Java

Question

What approach can be taken to verify that a library is compatible on a specific version of Java?

Example: Library X was compiled on Java 1.7, therefor it might not w

Answer 1

The best is to check the byte code via an enforcer rule which can be applied to your build by using the maven-enforcer-plugin...

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        org.apache.maven.plugins
        maven-enforcer-plugin
        1.4.1
        
          
            enforce-bytecode-version
            
              enforce
            
            
              
                
                  1.7
                
              
              true
            
          
        
        
          
            org.codehaus.mojo
            extra-enforcer-rules
            1.0-beta-4
          
        
      
    
  
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