Revision as of 22:46, 8 June 2012

This page summarizes the work that is being done to add Java™ 8 support into Eclipse. As of now JSR 335 (Lambda expressions) and JSR 308 (Type annotations) are being planned

Java 8 features that are being worked on

• JSR 335 (Lambda expressions)
• JSR 308 (Type annotations)

What needs to be done

• TO BE FILLED

Current status

• TO BE FILLED

IMPORTANT NOTE

• The following lines should be added in all headers of modified files for Java™ 8 implementation:

 * This is an implementation of an early-draft specification developed under the Java
 * Community Process (JCP) and is made available for testing and evaluation purposes
 * only. The code is not compatible with any specification of the JCP.
 *

What to do to set up the IDE

• Checkout the BETA_JAVA8 branch of the following git repositories
  • JDT/Core repository - git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/jdt/eclipse.jdt.core.git

• You need to install a JDK8 build as an installed JRE in order to run the tests using the JavaSE-1.8 Execution Environment.

• For more information on how to work with git repositories, look at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform-releng/Git_Workflows

Disclaimer

This is a work in progress. The contents of the BETA_JAVA8 branch will be updated as the changes are made to the JSR Specification.

If you need any help with this, please contact the JDT/Core team through either the forums or Bugzilla.