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

Here is the solution which helped me:

I had the same issue on error source option 5 is no longer supported, Use 6 or later

So i followed these instructions and problem SOLVED

1. Open Project Properties (File Menu)
2. Change the Source / Binary Format to the latest version (JDK 7 in my case)

Project Properties

Source / Binary Format

Clean and Build, Then Run the project