Why won't eclipse switch the compiler to Java 8?

Question

I checked out a Java project from SVN in eclipse and realized that it requires Java 8 because it uses lambdas etc. I installed the eclipse addon for Java 8 and restarted ecl

Answer 1

It cause eclipse kepler SR1 does not support new Java™ 8 language enhancements like lambda expression.

From information here: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/java8/
I think you should use kepler SR2 with support plugin, or change to Eclipse Luna.

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Updated link 16/09/2016: https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT/Eclipse_Java_8_Support_For_Kepler