Maven : error: generics are not supported in -source 1.3 , I am using 1.6

Question

I have imported an existing Maven project into Eclipse IDE . I have modified some code in it , it compiled successfully , I am using Java 1.6 as compiler and when i am try

Answer 1

Another way that doesn't involve modifying the pom is to specify the source and target in the command line:

mvn clean install -Dmaven.compiler.source=1.6 -Dmaven.compiler.target=1.6

Note that this should be avoided generally as the build cannot be guaranteed to be repeatable this way.