Why IntelliJ IDEA Now Requires Java 17 and What It Means for Your Plugins

IntelliJ’s source code has moved to Java 17, meaning most platform and plugin modules now target Java 17, the 2022.3 IDE release requires it, and developers can use new language features by setting plugin.xml to 223, while still supporting older versions with Java 11.

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