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Asked: 2026-05-27T12:40:34+00:00

I am running Mac OSX lion and have a Java project in netbeans where

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I am running Mac OSX lion and have a Java project in netbeans where I would like to use string switch statements. I downloaded and installed the OpenJDK7 and I think I have configured the project to use the Java 1.7 properly.

In the Project Properties I have set JDK 7 to the platform:
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It is showing up as JDK 1.7 in the Libraries section in the Projects Window.

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However, I still get a compilation error saying that switch with strings is not supported in 1.6

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Am I missing a step here?

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  1. Editorial Team

    To fix this, I followed the very comprehensive tutorial from the netbeans website found here:
    http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/javase-jdk7.html

    Specifically I had forgotten to set the Sources/Binary Format to JDK 7. You can do this in the bottom right of the Sources section of the Project Properties window.

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