#1174 "Generate Abstract Syntax Tree" always run in JDK 1.4 mode

[Fred Bricon]

Originally reported as https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-14971

After installing PMD eclipse plugin (4.0.0, 4.0.1 or 4.0.2), in a project using Java 5+, select a Java class using static imports or generics and executed Generate Abstract Syntax Tree

You'll get either one of these errors :

• net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ParseException: Can't use static imports when running in JDK 1.4 mode!
• net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ParseException: Can't use generics unless running in JDK 1.5 mode!

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[Andreas Dangel]

Will be fixed with the next release.

[Fred Bricon]

Thanks Andreas. 2 questions :

• Is there a nightly build update site we can use to test the fix?
• Do you have any ETA on the next release? We (JBoss Tools Team) promote PMD in our JBoss Central page. It'd be nice if our next release (sometime in July+) could have the fixed version.

[Andreas Dangel]

Hi, you should be able to install the snapshot version from here: http://jenkins.adangel.org/job/pmd-eclipse/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.p2updatesite/target/repository/

I plan to do the next release within the next 2 weeks.