Warn when not using Java 8 or greater.

Note: this warning is not in the shared WorldEdit class because it
doesn't get loaded as early as the individual plugin/mod
implementations for some reason.

worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/bukkit/WorldEditPlugin.java

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import com.sk89q.worldedit.regions.CylinderRegion;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.regions.Polygonal2DRegion;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.regions.Region;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.regions.RegionSelector;
+import com.sk89q.worldedit.util.Java8Detector;
+
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.command.Command;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
@@ -117,6 +119,9 @@ public class WorldEditPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements TabCompleter {
         WorldEdit.getInstance().getEventBus().post(new PlatformReadyEvent());
 
         loadAdapter(); // Need an adapter to work with special blocks with NBT data
+
+        // Check Java version
+        Java8Detector.notifyIfNot8();
     }
 
     private void loadConfig() {

worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/Java8Detector.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * WorldEdit, a Minecraft world manipulation toolkit
+ * Copyright (C) sk89q <http://www.sk89q.com>
+ * Copyright (C) WorldEdit team and contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package com.sk89q.worldedit.util;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import com.sk89q.worldedit.WorldEdit;
+
+public final class Java8Detector {
+
+    public static void notifyIfNot8() {
+        String[] ver = System.getProperty("java.version").split("\\.");
+        int major = Integer.parseInt(ver[1]);
+        if (major <= 7) {
+            // Implicitly java 7 because we compile against 7, so this won't
+            // even launch on 6.
+            WorldEdit.logger
+                    .warning("WorldEdit has detected you are using Java 7"
+                            + " (based on detected version "
+                            + Joiner.on('.').join(ver) + ").");
+            WorldEdit.logger.warning(
+                    "WorldEdit will stop supporting Java less than version 8 in the future,"
+                            + " due to Java 7 being EOL since April 2015."
+                            + " Please update your server to Java 8.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Java8Detector() {
+    }
+
+}

worldedit-forge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/forge/ForgeWorldEdit.java

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package com.sk89q.worldedit.forge;
 
-import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
@@ -31,6 +29,7 @@ import com.sk89q.worldedit.blocks.BaseItemStack;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.event.platform.PlatformReadyEvent;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.extension.platform.Platform;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.internal.LocalWorldAdapter;
+import com.sk89q.worldedit.util.Java8Detector;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -63,6 +62,10 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 @Mod(modid = ForgeWorldEdit.MOD_ID, name = "WorldEdit", version = "%VERSION%", acceptableRemoteVersions = "*")
 public class ForgeWorldEdit {
     
+    static {
+        Java8Detector.notifyIfNot8();
+    }
+
     public static Logger logger;
     public static final String MOD_ID = "worldedit";
     public static final String CUI_PLUGIN_CHANNEL = "WECUI";