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Apache Maven Cookbook

Apache Maven Cookbook

By : Raghuram Bharathan
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Apache Maven Cookbook

Apache Maven Cookbook

4.2 (5)
By: Raghuram Bharathan

Overview of this book

If you are a Java developer or a manager who has experience with Apache Maven and want to extend your knowledge, then this is the ideal book for you. Apache Maven Cookbook is for those who want to learn how Apache Maven can be used for build automation. It is also meant for those familiar with Apache Maven, but want to understand the finer nuances of Maven and solve specific problems.
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Changing the compiler used by the Maven Compiler plugin


Let us say we are running Maven using JDK 7 but our project requires the sources to be compiled using JDK 8. Essentially, we want to use a JDK for compilation that is different from the JDK running Maven.

In this case, we can specify the compiler we want to use to Maven.

How to do it...

Use the following steps to change the compiler used by the Maven Compiler plugin:

  1. Open the command prompt.

  2. Define a Maven property to store the location details for Java 8:

    <properties>
        <JAVA8.HOME>C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_20</JAVA8.HOME>
    </properties>

    Note

    The portable way to do this would be to define this property in a profile in the user's settings.xml file. This is because the location of JAVA_HOME may be different for different users based on their operating system or preferred installation location.

  3. Add the following plugin configuration to the Maven project:

        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId...

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