Maven doesn't use Java 7

Question

I want to package a maven-(multi)module, the parent POM includes:

  org.apache.maven.         


        

Answer 1

This may not work in maven 2.2.1, but with Maven 3.0.4, simply adding the two properties to the pom's properties enables Java 7 for me:

<properties>
  <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
  <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>

Answer 2

perfectly nice explanation on the compatibility issue of jdk 1.7 with maven 2.2.1 given by Mark Peters Maven "could not parse error message" (Java 7 + Maven 2)