Use with Java Version < 8?

[protoEvangelion]

Because I run projects that run on multiple versions of Java (including Java 7), I receive this message in VS Code:

Java 8 or more recent is required to run. Please download and install a recent JDK

Is there a work around to use this plugin with Java versions less than 8 like Java 7?

Environment

• Operating System: macOS High Sierra
• JDK version: 7
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.24.1
• Java extension version: 0.27.0

[fbricon]

Are you trying to compile or run the projects? Are they based on Maven, Gradle or Eclipse?

[protoEvangelion]

I am not trying to compile or run the projects from VS Code.

My hope was to simply benefit from from other features like being able to look up functions within a java file or being able to hover over a function call and see its signatures.

Regarding what is the project based on, it's a Liferay project which uses Ant as it's build tool.

[andriuslima]

Same problem here. Trying to change the 'java.home' properties in settings to JDK 6 and getting the same error message.

This plugin supports JDK versions < 8????
If not, I'm gonna stop using. That's is a bummer

Version: 1.30.2 (user setup)
Commit: 61122f88f0bf01e2ac16bdb9e1bc4571755f5bd8
Date: 2019-01-07T22:54:13.295Z
Electron: 2.0.12
Chrome: 61.0.3163.100
Node.js: 8.9.3
V8: 6.1.534.41
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763

[rgrunber]

You need to set java.home to point to a JDK 11 (or newer) for the runtime. However, for your projects, you can configure any JDK you like https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-java#project-jdks with java.configuration.runtimes.