I'm trying to build a Dynamic Web Application
in eclipse using Java 8 (and Wildfly appServer if that matters) but I'm unable to make Eclipse Luna M5 use Java 8 (I do have Java 8 BETA support installed and it works on JavaSE projects).
In my POM I set the level to Java 8:
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
But after I do maven -> update project
I get the following error:
Could not update project ExampleApp configuration
Version 1.8 of project facet java does not exist.
And indeed there is no java 1.8 project facet under project->preferences->project facets->java
Can I manually create such facet
and add It to to eclipse or I'll have to wait until java 8 is released and the eclipse guys decide to add it ?
There are additional patches available for Kepler SR2 officially. In ecliplse, go to "Help" --> "Market Place" --> Search for java 8 kepler. Then choose and install the following.
Reference: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/java8/
After this, my multi-module maven project with java 8 is building fine without any error in eclipse kepler SR2.
UPDATE: If you are using Spring Tool Suite (STS), then version 3.5.1 has included these features.