Maven: Source Encoding in UTF-8 not working?

Question

i am converting a project from Ant to Maven and i\'m having problems with a specific unit test which deals with UTF-8 characters. The problem is about the following String:<

Answer 1

this works for me:

...
 
        **ISO-8859-1
        ISO-8859-1**
    
...
  
    Project

    src
    
      
        maven-compiler-plugin
        2.3.2
        
          1.6
          1.6
          **${project.build.sourceEncoding}**
        
      
      
        maven-war-plugin
        2.2
        
          WebContent