If you only have Java 8 installed, would that work? Or does target still default to something older? I've got Java 7, 8 and 9 on my machine so can't easily test myself.
On 13 January 2017 at 17:04, Chris Barlock <[email protected]> wrote: > Most projects I've been on have a notion of a "parent" or "common" script > (whether Ant, Maven or just about anything else). With Maven, you could > define a <parent> POM that contains all the common stuff. Of course, you > would have to add the parent element to all child POMs, but if you ever > want to change something in the parent (such as this Java version), you > would only have to do it once. > > Chris > > > > > From: Dean Schulze <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 01/13/2017 11:51 AM > Subject: Is there a way to make mvn default to Java 8? > > > > I would like to avoid having to add > > <properties> > <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> > <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> > </properties> > > to every pom.xml. Is there a global setting I can set in mvn to make Java > 8 the default so I don't have to add this to every pom.xml? > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
