Choosing JRE runtime environment in java 9 in eclipse oxygen version

Question

I am trying to explore Java 9 features with Eclipse Oxygen Version. I have downloaded the java 9 and Eclipse Oxygen version.

But when I try to create a new java project Java SE 1.9 is not available in the list of JRE Execution environment.

How to proceed further? Any help would be appreciated.

Choosing Runtime environment

Choosing default JRE??

Answer 1

Eclipse Oxygen (4.7.0) does not support Java 9. You can install a patch to add support from Eclipse market place see here

Eclipse Oxygen.1a (4.7.1a) is scheduled to be released on 11th October (2017) with full Java 9 support.

More details in the Eclipse wiki here