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Andrei Roșu-Cojocaru
Andrei Roșu-Cojocaru

Reputation: 509

Configuring Maven in Eclipse to work with Java source level 7

I have the following problem while trying to execute the compile goal on an Eclipse Java project with Maven:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project ...: Compilation failure

[ERROR] multi-catch statement is not supported in -source 1.5

[ERROR] (use -source 7 or higher to enable multi-catch statement)

The JDK in the Eclipse project is configured to use version 1.8.0_60.

The compiler compliance level is also set to 1.8: https://i.sstatic.net/SvsU3.jpg

However, the settings above are related to the Eclipse project configuration and not to Maven settings.

In Window -> Preferences, I have seen the compiler plugin is also set to 1.8: https://i.sstatic.net/6saSz.jpg

The question is: how to I tell Maven to use source 1.7 (or above)?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 917

Answers (2)

Gobliins
Gobliins

Reputation: 4026

You can set the used JDK/JRE on the project java build path and compiler settings, but it is important that you click on:

maven->update project

before the change will take effect.

Upvotes: 0

alampada
alampada

Reputation: 2409

Try adding the following to pom.xml

<properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>

Upvotes: 3

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