Cannot construct org.apache.maven.plugin.war.util.WebappStructure as it does not have a no-args constructor

Question

[INFO] [war:war {execution: default-war}]
[INFO] Packaging webapp
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
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Answer 1

Perhaps a version of maven war plugin is being used, which does not work with Java 7? As per this issue (which describes a similar problem), 2.1.1 version of maven war plugin should work.

Include the following in your pom.xml

    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-war-plugin
    2.1.1