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From: Tom M. <tma...@uc...> - 2005-05-01 01:40:51
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Hey everyone, I just have a few questions about how people have their Eclipse environments set up. Specifically, I am wondering what version of Eclipse people have set up to work the new Java 1.5. As I understand it so far, Eclipse comes with its own Java compiler, which as of 3.0.2, only supports Java 1.4 compliant syntax. So, if we run Eclipse 3.0.2 on top of a Java 1.5 environment, then will we only be able to use the new API additions to Java 1.5 (like Math.log10()), and not the new syntax stuff (like generics and the new for-loop syntax). The only versions of Eclipse with compiler support for the Java 1.5 syntax are the beta builds of 3.1. I've downloaded the most current one (3.1M6), and already found one annoying bug with the console output window. Plus, there are a good 123 warnings generated in the current code about "type safety" where the new generics stuff should be used. I guess basically my question is this: Since we are now standardizing on Java 1.5, should we use Eclipse 3.1M6 to have a true Java 1.5 development environment, and put up with these little issues? Or should we be using Eclipse 3.0.2, which would make us forego the new syntax stuff, but still be able use the new Java 1.5 API classes and methods? Thanks for your help, -Tom |
