The driver should support JDBC 4.2 API, because clients expect driver to work with API as included in Java SE 8. * Major changes: [JDBC 4.2](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/jdbc_42.html) * Spec: [JSR 221 maintenance release 2](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr221/index2.html) This also means dropping support for Java SE 6.
The driver should support JDBC 4.2 API, because clients expect driver to work with API as included in Java SE 8.
This also means dropping support for Java SE 6.