Using java compile version with maven

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I have a piece of code which has been compiled with java version 1.5 ( both source and target are set to 1.5 on maven compile plugin )

<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>

What I want to do now is to compile them for an application ( the source is a plug in for a main application )which is upgraded to java version 1.6

In this case;

do I need to use compile plugin with the parameters;

<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.6</target>

or

<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>

plus; do I need to set the java home and path to java 1.6 or plugin will use the correct artifacts ( may be by downloading ) to compile for java 1.6 ??

regards..

do you realize that sources compiled for 1.5 will work just fine on java 1.6? — Oleg Mikheev
– Oleg Mikheev, Commented Dec 11, 2011 at 11:56
there are some interface changes in the plugin fw. so that I want to compile it with 1.6 would there be a problem by using; <source>1.5</source> <target>1.6</target> — Olgun Kaya
– Olgun Kaya, Commented Dec 11, 2011 at 12:08

Stephen C · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-11 13:03:02Z

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First of all, you don't absolutely have to recompile on Java 1.6. Your Maven artifacts compiled using Java 1.5 will probably work fine when used by a Java 1.6 application running on a Java 1.6 platform.

If you do want to recompile, then either combination should work. In fact, they are for all intents and purposes identical since there were no relevant changes in the language between Java 1.5 and 1.6. However, there is value in compiling and running the unit tests on Java 1.6 ... just in case some library change causes your code to fail on the newer platform.

answered Dec 11, 2011 at 13:03

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Olgun Kaya Over a year ago

thank you very much Stephan. I think I will use 1.6;1.6 combination and check for the errors. regards..

khmarbaise · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-11 11:57:02Z

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You should use the Java 1.6 in your JAVA_HOME and your plugin should run if you use target/source with 1.5 this should run with 1.6. Except if you are using particular things from Java 1.6 (String.isEmpty() for example)...

answered Dec 11, 2011 at 11:57

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MortenB · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-04 00:09:34Z

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Always set source and target in your pom.xml file

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>

answered Dec 4, 2014 at 0:09

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