Maven “build path specifies execution environment J2SE-1.5”, even though I changed it to 1.7

Question

In Eclipse Juno, I installed the latest m2e plugin (1.2.20120903-1050). In preferences, I have added jdk1.7.0_11 in Java -> Installed JREs -> Add, and then specified the lo

Answer 1

For imported maven project and JDK 1.7 do the following:

1. Delete project from Eclipse (keep files)
2. Delete .settings directory, .project and .classpath files inside your project directory.

3. Modify your pom.xml file, add following properties (make sure following settings are not overridden by explicit maven-compiler-plugin definition in your POM)

   
       1.7
       1.7
   
   

4. Import updated project into Eclipse.