Change JRE in NetBeans project

Question

I have a NetBeans project which is using the JRE 1.4 environment which means I can\'t use generics.

How can I change the project to use 1.6 (?) so I can use generics

Answer 1

In Netbeans 8.2,

• right click the project, select Properties
• under the menu build/compile, select java platform from drop down menu