Question

This is one of the most annoying errors ? What I can understand is that I am using a lower version of Java for compiling. How can I specify java version for maven ?

Failed to execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.0.2:compile
(default-compile) on project
springAopMavenDemo: Compilation
failure D:\JAVA
Stuffs\projects\springAopMavenDemo\src\main\java\service\EmployeeServiceImpl.java:[13,1]
annotations are not supported in
-source 1.3 (use -source 5 or higher to enable annotations) @Service
-> [Help 1]

To see the full stack trace of the
errors, re-run Maven with the -e
switch. Re-run Maven using the -X
switch to enable full debug logging.

For more information about the errors
and possible solutions, please read
the following articles: [Help 1]
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException

I really appreciate any help……I am using NetBeans 7.0 and Maven 3

Answer 1

You need to tell maven which version of java the source should be compiled to

<plugins>
  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.3.2</version>
    <configuration>
      <source>1.5</source>
      <target>1.5</target>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>
</plugins>

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html