drop support for Java 1.6 and compile using Java 7

Author: kares

Mavenfile

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ distribution_management do
   repository :id => :ossrh, :url => 'https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/'
 end
 
-java_target = '1.6'
+java_target = '1.7'
 gen_sources = '${basedir}/target/generated-sources' # hard-coded in AnnotationBinder
 
 plugin( 'org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin', '1.3.2' ) do
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ plugin( 'org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin', '1.9' ) do
 end
 
 plugin( :compiler, '3.1',
-        :source => '1.6', :target => java_target,
+        :source => '1.7', :target => java_target,
         :encoding => 'UTF-8', :debug => true,
         :showWarnings => true, :showDeprecation => true,
 

pom.xml

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ DO NOT MODIFIY - GENERATED CODE
               <executable>java</executable>
               <classpathScope>compile</classpathScope>
               <arguments>
-                <argument>-Djruby.bytecode.version=1.6</argument>
+                <argument>-Djruby.bytecode.version=1.7</argument>
                 <argument>-classpath</argument>
                 <classpath />
                 <argument>org.jruby.anno.InvokerGenerator</argument>
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ DO NOT MODIFIY - GENERATED CODE
           </execution>
         </executions>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           <debug>true</debug>
           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>