I am using Intellij. It is good, but when I create a new project or import a project the default project language level set to 6 (@override in interfaces). But I want to set it 8 (Lambdas, type annotations etc). How can I do that? I have tried change the settings in "Other Settings" -> "Default Project Structure" and the set the project language level to 8, but no luck. Please someone help me. I have added a screen shoot.
- I am using Intellij 14.0.2
I changed the settings to Java 8 as advised above...->Default Project Structure.
It did'nt work!!
I continued not being able to write Lambda's in the editor without errors.
When I created the project, I chose Gradle as the build tool.
For some reason my Java/Gradle project had the source compatibility in the build.gradle file set to 1.5 (maybe because my default was originally set to 1.5...I don't know as I did not bother to reproduce it):
apply plugin: 'java'
sourceCompatibility = 1.5
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
Changing the sourceCompatibility to 1.8 solved the problem, since the update to the gradle file also triggers a project build.
Word to the wise:
any newbie on Intelij should remember that not selecting either Maven
or Gradle in conjunction with your Java project creation will not setup the
default package (src/main/test and src/main/java) structures necessary;
for eclipse users this is a real head scratcher when first starting to
use Intelij.
File -> Other Settings -> Default Project Structure...
You can change it in there.
If it is a maven project, make sure that the following is set.
For example, if you want to use the Java 8 language features (-source 1.8) and also want the compiled classes to be compatible with JVM 1.8 (-target 1.8), you can either add the two following properties, which are the default property names for the plugin parameters:
<project>
[...]
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
[...]
</project>
For more details check this
I had same problem. Changing IntelliJ IDEA setting files (misc.xml, compiler.xml) has not helped. Then I changed language level in two places:
1) File -> Project Structure -> Modules, "Sources" tab, Language level
8 (or higher).
2) Settings -> Build, Execution,Deployment -> Compiler -> Java Compiler ->
Target bytecode version (version 1.8)
This worked fine.
Same problem but slightly different solution. IntelliJ (2018.1.15) gave me the option to Set Language Level to 6 which I accepted. This added the following to the project .iml file:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>6</source>
<target>6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
I was then able to update source & target to 8.
I had to edit .idea/misc.xml
and change languageLevel="JDK_1_7"
to languageLevel="JDK_1_8"
. I've been unable to change the language level via the ui in osx.
** Intellij 15.0.4
I was able to resolve this problem by going to:
File -> Project Structure...
And selecting an option from the dropdown under "Project language level"
Hope this helps!