Maven can't compile java 1.8

Question

I\'m trying to use maven to build a jar but I keep getting the error

ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile 
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Answer 1

Yes it seems a bug in the maven-compiler-plugin.When I upgraded from 3.1 to 3.5.1, it works.