After waiting for quite a long time, the Java development community has finally seen an Eclipse 3.1M1 IDE that has support for Jdk1.5 new features and specially support the syntax changes in Jdk1.5. Eclipse JDT core R3.1.x provides the support for following items like Incremental Java Compiler, Java Model, Code Assist, Search, DOM AST. For more information about Eclipse JDT core R3.1.x. please click here.In this article I will discuss how to configure the Eclipse IDE for Jdk1.5 support in a step by step fashion.
1 Install Jdk 1.5.
2 Download Eclipse SDK 3.1M1.
3 Unzip the Eclipse SDK to a folder.
4 Run Eclipse IDE using
5 Select the workspace.
6 Create new Project using File>New>Project>Java Project Command.
7 Provide Appropriate Values in the Project Dialog.
8 Go to Project>Properties select Java Compiler Option
9 click on Use Project Setting Radio button.
10 Go to Compliance and classfiles tab set the Jdk Compliance Level to 1.5.
11 Press Apply Button then Press Ok.
12 Go to Window>Preferences select the Java>Installed JREs from Tree on the left side.
13 Press Add Button Provide Name for Jdk1.5.
14 In the JRE home directory provide the path to the Jdk1.5 root folder.
15 Select the Use default system libraries and press Ok.
16 Select JDK1.5 with the name that was provided in step 13
