Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Description
compiler:compile Compiles application sources
compiler:help Display help information on maven-compiler-plugin.
Call mvn compiler:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details.
compiler:testCompile Compiles application test sources.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven 3.0
JDK 1.6
Memory No minimum requirement.
Disk Space No minimum requirement.

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

  1. <project>
  2.   ...
  3.   <build>
  4.     <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
  5.     <pluginManagement>
  6.       <plugins>
  7.         <plugin>
  8.           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  9.           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  10.           <version>3.6.1</version>
  11.         </plugin>
  12.         ...
  13.       </plugins>
  14.     </pluginManagement>
  15.     <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
  16.     <plugins>
  17.       <plugin>
  18.         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  19.         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  20.         <version>3.6.1</version>
  21.       </plugin>
  22.       ...
  23.     </plugins>
  24.   </build>
  25.   ...
  26. </project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"