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Asked: 2026-05-19T22:30:08+00:00

In respect to the maven-compiler-plugin. There is a setting added to my project’s POM

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In respect to the maven-compiler-plugin. There is a setting added to my project’s POM file. The configuration is given below.

<plugins>
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.2</version>
        <configuration>
            <source>1.6</source>
            <target>1.6</target>
            <compilerArguments>
                <endorseddirs>${endorsed.dir}</endorseddirs>
            </compilerArguments>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>
</plugins>

What does it mean to have a <endorseddirs> in the compiler arguments? How does it works with java compiler?

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  1. Editorial Team

    From the documentation of Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism, it is a mechanism to provide newer versions of an endorsed standard than those included in the Java 2 Platform

    Your project must be creating and/or using such an implementation.

    By specifying <endorseddirs> attribute, you are instructing the java compiler to look at jars present in this folder to override similarly defined classes in the standard jdk.

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