Compile project with Maven and it returns the following error:
[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------- [ERROR] Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 7 or later. [ERROR] Target option 5 is no longer supported. Use 7 or later. [INFO] 2 errors [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 3.721 s [INFO] Finished at: 2020-04-21T11:43:39+05:30 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project HelloWorld: Compilation failure: Compilation failure: [ERROR] Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 7 or later. [ERROR] Target option 5 is no longer supported. Use 7 or later. [ERROR] -> [Help 1] [ERROR] [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. [ERROR] [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
Solution:
Add the following configuration to pom.xml.
<properties> <java.version>1.8</java.version> <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> </properties>
Run the maven command to recompile the project – mvn compile
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