Eclipse/Maven error: “No compiler is provided in this environment”

Question

I am a relative newcomer to the world of Java enterprise development. My organization\'s Java guru is out on indefinite family leave, and I have been assigned the task of m

Answer 1

1. Uninstall older Java(JDK/JRE) from the system( Keep one (latest) java version), Also remove if any old java jre/jdk entries in environment variables PATH/CLASSPATH
2. Eclipse->Window->Preferences->Installed JREs->Add/Edit JDK from the latest installation
3. Eclipse->Window->Preferences->Installed JREs->Execution Environment->Select the desired java version on left and click the check box on right

4. If you are using maven include the following tag in pom.xml (update versions as needed) inside plugins tag.

     
           org.apache.maven.plugins
           maven-compiler-plugin
           3.1
           
               1.8
               1.8
           
       
   

5. Right click on eclipse project Maven - > Update Project