Index: src/org/springframework/core/JdkVersion.java
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--- src/org/springframework/core/JdkVersion.java	(revision 17172)
+++ src/org/springframework/core/JdkVersion.java	(working copy)
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 	 */
 	public static final int JAVA_17 = 4;
 
+    /**
+     * Constant identifying the 1.8 JVM (Java 8).
+     */
+    public static final int JAVA_18 = 5;
 
 	private static final String javaVersion;
 
@@ -62,7 +66,11 @@
 	static {
 		javaVersion = System.getProperty("java.version");
 		// version String should look like "1.4.2_10"
-		if (javaVersion.indexOf("1.7.") != -1) {
+		
+		if (javaVersion.indexOf("1.8.") != -1) {
+            majorJavaVersion = JAVA_18;
+        }
+        else if (javaVersion.indexOf("1.7.") != -1) {
 			majorJavaVersion = JAVA_17;
 		}
 		else if (javaVersion.indexOf("1.6.") != -1) {