javac1.8 class not found

Question

I have installed two jdks - jdk 1.5 and jdk 1.8. I have following Ant build.xml config file :

Answer 1

You can download a newer version of eclipse, which includes a newer version of Ant in the plugins directory. Then, copy the Ant jar into the older eclipse's plugin directory. Eclipse will automatically point to the newer version of Ant. This worked for older Kepler with newer Mars2 for me.