Apache Maven Compiler Plugin – Plugin Documentation

Plugin Documentation

This report describes goals, parameters details, requirements and sample usage of this plugin.

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal	Description
compiler:compile	Compiles application sources. Each instance shall be used only once, then discarded. See also: javac Command
compiler:help	Display help information on maven-compiler-plugin. Call `mvn compiler:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>` to display parameter details.
compiler:testCompile	Compiles application test sources. Each instance shall be used only once, then discarded. See also: javac Command

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven	4.0.0-rc-2
JDK	17

System Requirements History

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin for historical versions:

Plugin Version	Maven	JDK
4.0.0-beta-2	4.0.0-rc-2	17
4.0.0-beta-1	4.0.0-beta-3	17
3.13.0	3.6.3	8
from 3.9.0 to 3.12.1	3.2.5	8
from 3.7.0 to 3.8.1	3.0	7
from 3.5 to 3.6.2	3.0	6
3.3	2.2.1	5
from 2.2 to 3.2	2.0.9	5
2.1	2.0.9	1.4
2.0.2	2.0	-
from 2.0-beta-1 to 2.0.1	-	-

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>4.0.0-beta-2</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"