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Eclipse JDT team have unleashed the Cheetah. Cheetah is the codename of J2SE 1.5 support for eclipse. These changes are not yet available in the head but can be accessed as follows:

To install Cheetah inside Eclipse:
    - open the update manager (Help>>Software Updates>>Find and Install)
    - create a site (select 'Search for new features to install', then 'Add Update Site')
    - fill in 'http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/jdt-core-home/update-site' as the URL.
    - check new site in update sites list.
    - check the Cheetah feature update and install it.

Once installed, you can go to compiler preference page to enable 1.5 compliance, and install a 1.5 JRE (see prefs>>Java>>Installed JREs). Avoid using a 1.5 JRE to run Eclipse, as Eclipse is implemented for running on top of 1.4 level JREs (and 1.5 is still unstable).

You will need build R3.0(I20040407) and better to use this. More details here. [my cup of java]