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

== Current Status at a Glance ==

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|+ '''Java 8 features''' 
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! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 206, 206);" | [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=427495 Default Methods]
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 206, 206);" | [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=427496 Lambda Expressions]
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 206, 206);" | [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=427499 Type Annotations]
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 206, 206);" | Method References
! width="200" align="center" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 206, 206);" | [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=390930 Update to ASM 5.x]
|}


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! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 242, 206);" | &nbsp;&nbsp; 
| Completely tested
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! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(206, 206, 242);" | <br> 
| Partially tested or "requires more testing"
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! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 206, 206);" | <br> 
| Not tested yet
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== Current Status ==

The root bug for tracking all Java 8 work in API tools is [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=410447 bug 410447]
So far there are 4 nodes that we need to support in usage and tag scanning:
* IntersectionType
* LambdaExpression
* PackageQualifiedType
* ExtraDimension

We have to update [http://forge.ow2.org/projects/asm/ ASM to a 5.x version] to have the delta comparator work. This is covered in [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=390930 bug 390930]

== Remaining Work ==

TBD

== How to Test ==

# Get the API tools source from the [http://git.eclipse.org/c/pde/eclipse.pde.ui.git/log/?h=BETA_JAVA8| PDE UI git repo].
# Follow the instructions on testing the Java&trade; 8 support on the [[JDT_Core/Java8#What_to_do_to_set_up_the_IDE|JDT Core wiki page]].