Compiling Java 7 code via Maven

Question

My pom file lists

Answer 1

try using a newer version of the maven compiler plugin:

    
        maven-compiler-plugin
        3.2
        
            1.7
            1.7
        
    

also, specifying source file encoding in maven is better done globally:

        UTF-8

EDIT: As this answer is still getting attention i'd just like to point out that the latest values (as of latest edit) are 3.2 for maven compiler plugin and 1.8 for java, as questions about compiling java 8 code via maven are bound to appear soon :-)