Unable to load hibernate plugins when JBDS is running with JDK8 --------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBIDE-17026 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-17026 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Bug Components: hibernate Affects Versions: 4.2.0.Beta1 Environment: JBDS 8.0.0.Beta1a, L64, Fedora 19, JDK 1.8 Reporter: Jiri Peterka Assignee: Koen Aers Priority: Blocker Fix For: 4.2.0.Beta2 While using JDK8 for JBDS I cannot expand hibernate configuration console. Error message: Proejct 'hbtest1' has higher compiler option than running Eclipse. Hibernate plugins unable to load its classes. Please decrease the compiler option or run the eclipse with higher JDK level. I was trying to do various project settings related to compiler level but nothing I tried helped.