Fill in java 8 types for libs that want to run on java6 and java8

You have a lib targeting java6 but you know it will be used in java8. You want to offer some methods that return java8 types, right? but they just aren't on your classpath.

Well...add this lib as a provided dependency to your java6 lib and you can compile and test some basic java 8 functions in java6. Include this lib in your java 6 runtime environment..but when your lib is in java 8 don't bother...and magic!

Have you ever been on one of those legacy platforms that still is java 6 or java 7?

Figure out how to get past the restricted class loader, maybe with an agent? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3804442/why-java-lang-securityexception-prohibited-package-name-java-is-required