What version of Java is running in Eclipse?

Question

How do I know what version of Java is being run in Eclipse?

Is there a way to write code to find out?

Is "JRE System Library [JavaSE-1.6]" in "Package Explorer" the right version?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1944468/what-version-of-java-is-running-in-eclipse

Answer 1

If you want to check if your -vm eclipse.ini option worked correctly you can use this to see under what JVM the IDE itself runs: menu Help > About Eclipse > Installation Details > Configuration tab. Locate the line that says: java.runtime.version=....