Yeah, I'm pretty sure it doesn't know what was added when and your Java 7 JDK is masquerading as JDK 5 here. To take full advantage of API tools one really needs actual copies of older JDKs AFAIK.
Andrew On 15 Jan 2013 15:22, "Marc Khouzam" <marc.khou...@ericsson.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linuxtools-dev-boun...@eclipse.org > > [mailto:linuxtools-dev-boun...@eclipse.org] On Behalf Of sami > > wagiaalla > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:48 PM > > To: Linux Tools developer discussions > > Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Use of Java 6 classes break compile > > > > > Furthermore, the JDT preference set in the plugin's > > > .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs > > > file is: > > > org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.5 > > > which explains why my system uses Java 5 to compile that plugin > > > although I have Java 6 installed. > > > > > > > How come my eclipse does not report these errors. What > > settings should I use to make sure I see errors like these. > > I'm not sure. Maybe it is because you don't have a JRE for Java 5 > installed for Eclipse, so it defaults to what you have installed? > In my case I have both Java 5 and 6, so it picked the one > the preference settings file told it too. > > That's my guess anyway. > > Marc > > _______________________________________________ > linuxtools-dev mailing list > linuxtools-dev@eclipse.org > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxtools-dev >
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