Maven and Eclipse have always had a rocky relationship, and a common pain point between the two is how to force Maven JDK 1.8 support in new Eclipse projects. Without jumping through a few ...

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is what you get when you download Java software. Java technology allows you to work and play in a secure computing environment.

There's always been a disconnect between the product name and the underlying JDK version, but at least Java 8 matched the decimal increment of the underlying JDK, which was versioned at 1.8. But Java ...