Is Maven 1.0.2 compatible with Java 5?

Question

I'm working on an upgrade project and build management is done in Maven 1.0.2. Java version will change to J2SE 5.

Please include in your answer if you have first hand experience on that particular combination (Maven 1.0.2 and J2SE 5)

Thanks hdk

Answer 1

I am not sure if Maven 1.0.2 works with j2se 5 or not, but I would be surprised if it didn't. However, Maven 1.0.2 is an old version of Maven (Maven 1.1-RC1 is the last stable release of the 1.X branch I think) and I would strongly consider moving to Maven 2.

Initial migration from Maven 1 to Maven 2 might be painful depending on how complicated the project is, but I've found Maven 2 to be worth the the trouble overall.

Answer 2

Configure the compiler settings for 1.5 (the project.properties would be the appropriate location):

#compiler settings
maven.compile.source=1.5
maven.compile.target=1.5

I've done this in the past, it just works.