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Java8 support #475

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Switch over to Java 8.
dchambers Mar 27, 2014
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Converted one of the `Commander` classes used within our spec tests to
dchambers Mar 27, 2014
abb72a7
Tell Travis to use Java 8 JRE.
dchambers Mar 27, 2014
a7ea707
Early commit of the 'gradle-retrolambda' plug-in so others can inspect
dchambers Mar 27, 2014
ecd1643
Updated retrolambda to version 1.1.4, which fixes a bug that was
dchambers Mar 29, 2014
ffed0a0
Update Travis to provide both Java 7 and Java 8, set the `JAVA7_HOME`
dchambers Mar 29, 2014
a7bddae
Added some documentation explaining how to install both Java 7 and Java
dchambers Mar 30, 2014
a35faef
Removed one of the two jdk configuration options since this was causing
dchambers Mar 30, 2014
626976d
Merge branch 'develop' into java8-support
dchambers Mar 31, 2014
9483e42
minor refactoring of retrolambda build config
Apr 1, 2014
29473d0
Merge branch 'develop' into java8-support
sospirited Apr 1, 2014
e0ed2eb
Configured our Javadoc task to use the `javadoc` command from
dchambers Apr 1, 2014
4203ce8
throwing an exception if neccessary environment vars arent set
Apr 1, 2014
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Added some documentation explaining how to install both Java 7 and Java 
8 to support our use of retrolambda.
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Expand Up @@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ If you are interested in contributing to the BRJS core toolkit then the followin

You may need to run `git submodule sync` and `git submodule update` when changing branches if submodules have changed.

#### Install JDK

BRJS is written and compiled using Java 8, but we distribute it and run the tests against it using Java 7, courtesy of [retrolambda](https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda). Because of this, you will need to do the following:

* Install both Java 7 and Java 8 JDKs.
* Configure `JAVA7_HOME` to point to the Java 7 JDK home directory.
* Configure `JAVA8_HOME` to point to the Java 8 JDK home directory.
* Configure `JAVA_HOME` to point to either the Java 7 or the Java 8 JDK home directory, as you prefer.
* Configure the `path` environment variable to include `$JAVA_HOME/bin`.


#### Build a Distributable Zip

From the root `brjs` source directory:
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