Error “Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 6 or later” on Maven compile

Question

I am getting the following error or $ mvn compile:

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


        

Answer 1

I think you have wrong your pom.xml:

   6
   1.6
 

change to:

   1.6
   1.6
 

Now depending if you are using the command line use:

mvn clean compile

or either way(eclipse ide)

Right click on project Run with maven>build>Goal (compile)