New Maven projects created in Eclipse (on Windows) use the default JRE System Library "J2SE-1.5".
Default System Library in Maven Project
The project was created the following way:
- New Project
- Maven -> Maven Project
- Archtype: maven-archetype-quickstart
I want to use the JDK 1.8.0, which is my default JDK for non Maven projects.
My JAVA_HOME variable is set to
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_152
I tried switching the system library via Right Click on the System Library and set the path to my JDK 1.8.0. But after a Maven update it resets back to the 1.5.
Other Stackoverflow questions just suggest to set the JAVA_HOME, but that did not work for me. Specify JDK for Maven to use
I looked for some POM.xml commands to set the library, but couldn't find anything. My POM looks pretty standard right now:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.test</groupId>
<artifactId>Test123</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Test123</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
What do I need to change to get the JDK 1.8 as my default Library?
Set the JDK in the pom.xml:
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
in eclipse do a 'Maven->Update Project'