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Paul Yorde
10,497 Pointsjava.time package not recognized or does not exist. Shouldn't this be a part of the standard JDK?
I am getting an error complaining that the java.time package does not exist. I have imported at the top of the Gif.java, GifController filess as so:
import java.time.LocalDate;
It is however being recognized when I Use LocalDate to declare the variable. But then it says can't recognize symbol to the variable it allowed me to make.
3 Answers
Seth Kroger
56,413 PointsLocalDate is an addition to the JDK in Java 8. If the installed JDK version is lower than 8 or the language level of the project is lower, you won't be able to use it. (check the sourceCompatibility setting in the build.gradle file.)
Deenash Arivazhagan Senthamilselvi
1,379 PointsI tried doing that and I got a pop-up showing "unindexed remote maven repositories found" in IntelliJ. I tied updating the Repositories and I ended up with "Java.lang.RunTimeException: java.io.IOException: Transfer for nexus-maven-repository-index.gz failed" error
Can somebody help me on this.
Edward Poon
9,313 PointsThe following fixed the issue for me so hopefully it will help you. Go to the toolbar and click on IntellijIDEA -> Preferences -> (On the Left Hand side) Build, Execution, Deployment -> Gradle and in the Gradle JVM specify it was 1.8. Mine was specified as 1.7 so changing it to 1.8 fixed it for me.
Paul Yorde
10,497 PointsPaul Yorde
10,497 PointsThank you.
Paul Yorde
10,497 PointsPaul Yorde
10,497 PointsSo, can I change the sourceCompatability setting. It is 1.5. and my path to the JDK says 1.8. My intelij is v15 and my mac is running Java 8.
Seth Kroger
56,413 PointsSeth Kroger
56,413 PointsYes, changing that should fix thing if everything else is ok.
Paul Yorde
10,497 PointsPaul Yorde
10,497 PointssourceCompatibility 1.8 doesn't work with language level 1.8. Can I bring java.time package into my project? How do I do that? Does that have to with add Jar to the project?
Jeremiah Shore
31,168 PointsJeremiah Shore
31,168 PointsPaul Yorde once you add the the following to your build.gradle file...
sourceCompatibility = 1.8...make sure you manually refresh the Gradle project. You should only need the import statement as you have it...
import java.time.LocalDate;...and that should be it. You can also check the language level is correct in your project by navigating to File > Project Structure > Project Settings > Project > Project language level. I believe Gradle supplies sourceCompatibility = 1.5 as a default, hence the suggestion to refresh once you have changed the value, as doing so should set the correct language level.