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View on GitHub[Feature Request] Bump Java language support to latest version
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#3,582 opened on Feb 21, 2023
feature-requesthelp wantedlanguages-basic
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The language definitions for Java seem to be fairly out of date and don't include some of the latest features included in Java 11+ (var keyword, etc.).
This is a request to update the language definition files for the Java language to use the latest (or at least a reasonably recent version).
Note that var is not highlighted while int is:
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// The Monaco Editor can be easily created, given an
// empty container and an options literal.
// Two members of the literal are "value" and "language".
// The editor takes the full size of its container.
monaco.editor.create(document.getElementById("container"), {
value: 'class Program { \n\t public static void main(String[] args) { \n\t\t var myVar = "this is a var"; \n\t\t int myInt = 12; \n\t} \n}',
language: "java",
});