stop IntelliJ IDEA to switch java language level every time the pom is reloaded (or change the default project language level)

Question

Using IntelliJ 12, I have a java project and I use maven with a pom.xml. My project is using java8, but it seems the default project language level has been set to 6 while i

Answer 1

As per Mark's comment, here is how to do it:

    
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-compiler-plugin
            3.5.1
            
                1.8
                1.8