Compiling Java code written for 1.5 to work with 1.4 JRE?

Question

I have a project that uses generics and a few Java 1.5/6 bits and pieces. Is it possible to compile this code to work on a system running a 1.4 JRE?

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Answer 1

I have had good experience with Retrotranslator (retroweaver did not work well with what I was needing, cannot remember exactly what).

It worked very well for my purpose (creating JDK1.4 versions of Logback).

http://retrotranslator.sourceforge.net/