Change JRE in NetBeans project

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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.

Your reputation points don't really say that you're actually a newbie ))). http://www.benmccann.com/dev-blog/change-the-netbeans-default-jdk/ — Denis Kniazhev, Nov 08 '10 at 21:34

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 24 '12 at 04:52

In the Project tab, Right Click on the Project and select Properties.In the Library category select Java Platform JDK 1.6.
Then, in the Source category select Source/Binary Format JDK6.
This assumes that you installed JDK 1.6 and NetBeans knows about this.
JDK 1.6 must be known to NetBeans as a Java Platform.
From the menu select Tools->Java Platform Manager.
If JDK 1.6 is not in the list you can add it there.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '17 at 09:41

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In Netbeans 8.2,

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

answered Dec 06 '17 at 09:41

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Mark Burleigh · Answer 3 · 2017-10-22T14:02:39.760

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There is a bug in NetBeans 8.0.2

When undertaking the above steps in changing JRE or JDK for a project, NetBeans attempts to save the project with the new JDK (9 in this instance) but it goes into an infinite loop and eventually gives an OutOfMemoryError:

edited Oct 22 '17 at 14:02

answered Oct 22 '17 at 13:57

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