maven-compiler-plugin

Maven build Compilation error : Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project Maven

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The error occurred because the code is not for the default compiler used there. Paste this code in effective POM before the root element ends, after declaring dependencies, to change the compiler used. Adjust version as you need. <dependencies> … </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <source>1.8</source> <target>1.8</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build>

Maven Java Version Configuration ignored by Eclipse/Idea

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You are hitting the cross compilation misunderstanding of source/target options. Using a major version in your classpath (JDK 7 or 8) but wishing to compile against a minor version (6 in your case). Compilation will be fine, but the you will have errors at runtime (i.e. NoClassDefFoundError or NoSuchMethodError, probably also the more generic LinkageError). … Read more

–add-modules only on compilation [duplicate]

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I made this answer a while ago where I answered this as an additional info to exposing non java.se packages in Java-9 using Maven. The added part specifically focusses on using the standalone version of the java.xml.* APIs. To adapt to which you can probably start consuming the dependency on jaxb-api:2.3.0 which can be loaded … Read more

Specifying Java version in maven – differences between properties and compiler plugin

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How to specify the JDK version? Use any of three ways: (1) Spring Boot feature, or use Maven compiler plugin with either (2) source & target or (3) with release. Spring Boot <java.version> is not referenced in the Maven documentation. It is a Spring Boot specificity. It allows to set the source and the target … Read more