I am working on a project which uses a JDK 5. I have set the project level language to 5.

I am allowed to use the @Override annotation as expected on methods that override methods in super classes.

However, I am also allowed to use the annotation on methods that implement methods from interfaces.

This is a java 6 feature and will not compile against java 5.

I think there should be a new project language level 6 which allows @Override on interfaces and I think an error should be shown in the editor if you use it when you have a language level of 5 set.

Also, it would be nice if you have a project level language of 6 set for the @Override annotations to be added automatically (or with a check box) when doing a ctrl i on a class that implements an interface (much as you get for a ctrl o).

Environment: Ubuntu 6.10, jdk 5.11

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