I'm out of nothing, though I could do with some more.
Don't in any way get the idea that I like Java. I don't. And, as I think I've mentioned here before, I have to use an International regulatory database using Java that suffers from exactly the version incompatibilities that you mention.
Java is a right royal PITA.
But, also what Xen sed.
It was the people's bag of shite.
I thought that was Diana, Princess of Hearts Wales.
She was the people's slaaaaaaag...