var keyword not reconized in JDK 10

Question

I have installed netbeans (Apache version) with JDK 10 successfully, but can't use var keyword in my project, It keep saying cannot find symbol. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

To use the var keyword with JDK 10 in NetBeans:

• Ensure that you are running the latest version of Apache NetBeans.
• In NetBeans add JDK 10 as a Java platform (Tools > Java Platforms > Add Plaform...). It is not necessary to make JDK 10 the default.
• Create a simple Java application (File > New Project... > Java > Java Application) and declare a var variable (e.g. var v = 7;) within the main() method.
• Select the project node in the Projects pane, right click and select Properties.
• In the Project Properties window ensure that Libraries > Java Platform is set to JDK 10
• In the Project Properties window ensure that Sources > Source/Binary Format is set to JDK 10
• In the Files pane open the file project.properties (under the nbproject folder) and navigate to the lines for javac.source and javac.target. Verify that they both contain the value 10.
• Press Shift-F11 to clean and build the project.

If there is still a "cannot find symbol" error for the var declaration then there is something fundamentally wrong with the NetBeans installation, so update the OP with:

• The content of the Output window after doing the Clean and Build.
• The source being compiled.
• The settings for javac.source and javac.target in project.properties.
• The version information shown in the Help > About window.