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Added JDT Java compiler entry for removed Java 7 support in ecj #213

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Expand Up @@ -96,6 +96,21 @@ <h2>Java Views and Dialogs</h2>
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<td class="title"><a href="#removed-support-for-java7-and-below">Removed support for souce, target and release Java 7 and below</a></td>
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<p>The following compiler options are now supported only for Java 8 and above:
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This <p> is unclosed and should be closed here.

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--source &lt;release&gt;
--target &lt;release&gt;
--release &lt;release&gt;
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<p>I.e., from Eclipse 4.33 onward, the Eclipse IDE and <code>ecj</code> will no longer be able to produce JRE 7 (and below) compliant byte code, as the options metioned above are supported only for Java 8+.</p>
<p>This is the equivalent of Java 21's <code>javac</code> only supporting those options for Java 8+.</p>
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