[news.eclipse.newcomer] Updating eclipse to use J2SE 5.0 JDK

[simplegsb@xxxxxxxxxxx (Gary Buyn)]

I have downloaded the 'J2SE 5.0 update 1' JDK and followed all the 
necessary steps to include it in eclipse and make it the default JDK. When 
I try to use the new coding features (like generic types) it does not seem 
to recognise them. I believe this is because the compliance level of the 
compiler cannot be set above 1.4 and I'm guessing that is because the 
compiler in eclipse does not support the new JDK.

Can I download a compiler that will support the 5.0 JDK? Or is there 
something else I can do to solve this?

Thanks, Gary.