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This page summarizes all the work that must be done to add Java™ 8 support to API Tools.

**Java 8 features**
Default Methods	Lambda Expressions	Type Annotations	Method References

	Completely tested
	Partially tested or "requires more testing"
	Not tested yet

So far there are 4 nodes that we need to support in usage and tag scanning:

We would require a version of ASM to be able to read the classfiles containing Java 8 bytecodes to have the delta comparator work.

Currently there is an issue open for Java 8 support in ASM, but does not appear to be worked on: ASM bug 350023

TBD

Get the API tools source from the PDE UI git repo.
Follow the instructions on testing the Java™ 8 support on the JDT Core wiki page.

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 == Current Status ==
-No status yyet.
+So far there are 4 nodes that we need to support in usage and tag scanning:
+* IntersectionType
+* LambdaExpression
+* PackageQualifiedType
+* ExtraDimension
+We would require a version of ASM to be able to read the classfiles containing Java 8 bytecodes to have the delta comparator work.
+Currently there is an issue open for Java 8 support in ASM, but does not appear to be worked on: [http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=316375&group_id=23&atid=350023 ASM bug 350023]
 == Remaining Work ==