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This page tracks the work in progress to add Java(TM) 7 support (mainly jsr334: project coin) into Eclipse JDT UI. See [[JDT Core/Java7]] for the work in the JDT Core plug-ins. 

= Work areas  =

Dani will look at Content Assist. For other Eclipse features (Refactorings, Quick Fixes/Assists, Hovers, Source Actions, Search, etc.) see assignments below. 

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center"
|+ '''Java 7 features''' 
|-
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);" | Switch_on_Strings (Raksha) 
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);"| Binary_Literals (Raksha) 
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);"| Underscores_in_Literals (Raksha) 
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);" | Multi-catch (Deepak) 
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);"| More_Precise_Rethrow (Deepak)
|-
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);" | Try-with-Resources (Deepak) 
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);" | Simplified_Varargs_Method_Invocation (Markus) 
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);"| Diamond (Raksha) 
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);" | Polymorphic_Methods (Markus)
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 242, 206);" | Unicode_6.0 (Dani)
|}

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" style="width: 300px; height: 25px;"
|-
! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 242, 206);" | &nbsp;&nbsp; 
| Completely implemented
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! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);" | <br> 
| Tested and works but can be improved (e.g. by adding Quick Assists or Quick Fixes)
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! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 206, 206);" | <br> 
| Not done yet
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= Things to remember/caveats  =

*The following lines should be added in all headers of modified files for the Java(TM) 7 implementation:<code></code>

<code></code> 

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

*Goal of the first pass is to make Eclipse work with the new language features. For more advanced support (new quick fixes / refactorings / templates / ...), please [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=JDT&component=UI&short_desc=%5B1.7%5D+ file a bug] with the [1.7] tag.

*Bugs that went into the BETA_JAVA7 branch should be RESOLVED/FIXED with Target Milestone "---" and the [1.7] tag in front of the summary.

*For ASTNode changes: 
**Search for references to a changed AST Node and update code that relies on the concrete structure 
**Check references to superclasses of the changed/added node type. E.g. for UnionType, code that thinks it handles all known subtypes of&nbsp;Type needs to be adjusted. 
**Add new node types to switch or if-else-if statements 
**Think about cases where code could use&nbsp;StructuralPropertyDescriptors

*Think about cases where new bindings can show up.

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= How to set up the IDE  =

See [[JDT Core/Java7#What_to_do_to_set_up_the_IDE]].