.classpath keeps changing to Java 1.8, not what is in pom.xml (11)

I have a project that was generated by JHipster that has always used Java 11, which is specified in the POM.

        <java.version>11</java.version>
        <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>

However, every time .classpath is generated it specifies Java 1.8:

<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">

Then I have manually change it to java 11:

<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-11">

This is similar to this issue .classpath file is not updated with new JDK version #1748 where they said to manually trigger a configuration update with the “Update Configuration” command. I have done that and it also changes it to Java 1.8 😕

Environment

• Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise 10.0.19044 Build 19044
• JDK version: 11
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.68.0
• Java extension version: v0.23.0 (Last updated 6/12/2022, 20:07:00)

Steps To Reproduce

1. manually trigger a configuration update with the “Update Configuration”
2. Java version changes to 1.8, NOT the version in pom.xml

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Current Result

.classpath is configured for Java 1.8, not the version specified in pom.xml

Expected Result

.classpath should match the pom.xml file, which is configured for Java 11

Additional Informations

[kkalass]

I had a very similar issue with JavaSE-11 being changed to JavaSE-12 automatically by vscode in my maven java projects. In my case it was caused by maven-enforcer-plugin. When I changed the version underneath plugin/executions/execution/configuration/rules/requireJavaVersion in

	<plugin>
		<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
		<version>3.1.0</version>
		<executions>
			<execution>
				<id>enforce-java</id>
				<goals>
					<goal>enforce</goal>
				</goals>
				<phase>validate</phase>
				<configuration>
					<rules>
						<requireJavaVersion>
							<version>11.0.4</version>
						</requireJavaVersion>
					</rules>
				</configuration>
			</execution>
		</executions>
	</plugin>

from <version>11.0.4</version> to <version>[11.0,12.0)</version>, then it stopped changing the java version.

Maybe it is also some maven plugin in your case causing this?

[karlvr]

@kkalass thanks for the tip, this is what my maven-enforcer-plugin was set to:

<requireJavaVersion>
	<version>[1.8.0,)</version>
</requireJavaVersion>

It doesn’t feel like I got the right result, as 1.8.0 is just the minimum and it chose 1.8 even though I have both 11 and 17, but changing that to 17 has fixed the issue with VS Code choosing 1.8 for my project in spite of the compiler plugin stipulating 17. Much thanks.