fatal error compiling invalid flag --module-path - java

I have a project. Originally it was a single module project with structure like this
java-cloud-sample\
src\
main\
java
pom.xml
I decided to make it into a multi-module structure - I use java 9 anyway.
So I separated it like this
java-cloud-sample\
java-cloud-rest-api\
src\
pom.xml
pom.xml
Where root pom.xml looks like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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.lapots.breed.platform.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>java-cloud-sample</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<modules>
<module>java-cloud-rest-api</module>
</modules>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.6.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.6.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals><goal>copy-dependencies</goal></goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
And module pom.xml looks like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<parent>
<groupId>com.lapots.breed.platform.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>java-cloud-sample</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>java-cloud-rest-api</artifactId>
<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>build-info</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<additionalProperties>
<encoding.source>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding.source>
<encoding.reporting>${project.reporting.outputEncoding}</encoding.reporting>
<java.source>${maven.compiler.source}</java.source>
<java.target>${maven.compiler.target}</java.target>
</additionalProperties>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
But when I try to run mvn clean package I get
INFO] java-cloud-rest-api ................................ FAILURE [ 1.060 s]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.104 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-09-08T17:15:46+03:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 27M/331M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.6.2:compile (default-compile) on project java-cloud-rest-api: Fatal error compiling: invalid flag: --module-path -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
[ERROR]
[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
[ERROR] mvn <goals> -rf :java-cloud-rest-api
What is the problem? (maybe I should split maven project into separate modules and each maven module split into java modules)

This failure occurs when maven installed on your machine is configured with java8 as the default java version. You can confirm this by executing
mvn -version
on your terminal and checking the Java version stated in the configuration.
To resolve the version to a newer and supported version like java9 at the moment, you can create/edit the mavenrc(on MacOS) file on your machine:
vi ~/.mavenrc
to include these
export PATH
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.jdk/Contents/Home/
export PATH=${PATH}:$JAVA_HOME/bin
Once you save this configuration, you can confirm maven should be using Java version 9 using the same command and then your project shall build without the stated error.

I had this error with the Maven compiler plugin 3.8.1 when a project was defining a module-info.java and Java 8 was used with Maven to compile the project. It seems that as soon a module-info.java is seen by the Maven compiler plugin it is adding the flag --module-path to the command line which is unknown to the Java 8 compiler. A way to exclude this file and compile the project without module support is to exclude the module-info.java from compilation based on a Maven profile:
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>java8</id>
<activation>
<jdk>1.8</jdk>
</activation>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>module-info.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>

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Problem with deployind JAVA SpringBoot App using Heroku [duplicate]

I am trying to start with Spring-boot, Maven in Intellij
Please help me I am getting the error:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.7.0:compile (default-compile) on project spring-rest: Fatal error compiling: invalid flag: --release -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
Process finished with exit code 1
My pom.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <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.example</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-rest</artifactId>
<version>3.1.3.RELEASE</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>spring-rest</name>
<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.1-api</artifactId>
<version>RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<release>8</release>
<verbose>true</verbose>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
In your pom.xml file, simply remove the tag <release>8</release> from your maven-compiler-plugin configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<verbose>true</verbose>
</configuration>
</plugin>
This has to do with the version of JDK running on your system. As per the documentation for maven-compiler-plugin, the release flag is supported since 1.9, and thus has to be commented/removed from the POM if you are using prior (1.8 and below) versions of JDK.
Check Maven documentation for release tag for maven-compiler-plugin here
open terminal to check that Maven using correct version of Java
run: mvn -v
If you will see an old Java version, that might be the problem.
Being on Linux, I suggest removing Maven, e.g. using Fedora package manager dnf remove maven or check your PATH for maven.
Download one from here: https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
Extract downloaded to your home path, e.g. ~/maven.
Add/Edit ~/maven/bin to your PATH
Reapply .bash_profile (or re-login)
Run mvn -v
Now you should see a correct Java version in the output
I faced this problem too, check your JAVA_HOME environment variable.
I was setting the value of release to 11 as I am using JAVA 11.
My System JAVA_HOME was set for java 8, After adding the JAVA_HOME user environment variable to the java 11 path this got resolved.
An alternative approach is to directly set the compiler flags inside your properties tag instead of using the <configuration> tag of the compiler plugin:
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
<!-- Use the release flag only if you are using Java 9+ -->
<!-- <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release> -->
<!-- verbose is useful for debugging purposes -->
<maven.compiler.verbose>true</maven.compiler.verbose>
</properties>
As stated in the official page:
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html
This is mostly because of the java version mismatch. Managing more than one java version for projects can be painful.
I am working simultaneously on projects asking for different versions of java and have been using jenv for switching the java versions.
More details here
I was getting this error with Java v8, then resolved the issue by updating to Java v11, updating JAVA_HOME, and updating my IntelliJ SDK settings to use the new jdk.
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.10.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) on project selenium-for-beginners: Execution default-testCompile of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.10.1:testCompile failed: multiple points -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
When trying to do a Selenium maven beginner project if you are running into this trouble/issue. Please try to change the maven plugin in the pom.xml file. Use Plugin for "Compile Using the --release javac option (JDK 9+)". This should work.
Set the $MAVEN_HOME and JAVA_HOME in environment Properties
Check the maven version ( C:>mvn -version )
Check the Java Version
( C:>java -version )
Add the below code snip in pom.xml file and change the version number of maven
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version> // replace the maven version number
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<verbose>true</verbose>
</configuration>
</plugin>
This configuration worked for me, for java 11. (IntelliJ version 2019.1)
java.version is 11, declared in the properties part of the pom.xml. Maven version should be 3.6 or higher.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<fork>false</fork>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
<compilerArgs>
<arg>-parameters</arg>
</compilerArgs>
<release>${java.version}</release>
<forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
</configuration>
<executions>
<!-- Replacing default-compile as it is treated specially by maven -->
<execution>
<id>default-compile</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
<!-- Replacing default-testCompile as it is treated specially by maven -->
<execution>
<id>default-testCompile</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>java-compile</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>java-test-compile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

My tests were running and then I clicked "Run as --> Maven clean" and now when I click "Run as --> Maven test" it doesn't work anymore

My project worked after right-clicking on the pom.xml file in Eclipse and selecting: "Run as --> Maven install" and then "Run as --> Maven test".
I started experimenting around and selected: "Run as --> Maven clean" and then "Run as --> Maven install". This time around I got build errors and couldn't run "Run as --> Maven test". What happened? Why did I get build errors?
I can get the tests to work again if I exit out of Eclipse, delete everything in the .m2 folder, relaunch Eclipse, and click "Run as --> Maven install" twice (the first time produces an error, the second time does the trick). I have no clue as to why this works. I'm confused about what "Maven clean", "Maven install", and "Maven test" do. Yes, I've read the documentation on maven.apache.org but I'm still confused.
Here's my pom.xml:
<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.ah</groupId>
<artifactId>goToLinks</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>GoToLinks</name>
<dependencies>
<!-- selenium-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.141.59</version>
</dependency>
<!-- cucumber-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>5.7.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-junit -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
<version>5.7.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M4</version>
<configuration>
<parallel>methods</parallel>
<useUnlimitedThreads>true</useUnlimitedThreads>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Here's the error I'm getting:
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 7 or later.
[ERROR] Target option 5 is no longer supported. Use 7 or later.
[INFO] 2 errors
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1.540 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2020-06-01T19:47:03-04:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
The maven compiler plugin defaults to Java 1.5 but the version of the JDK you use no longer supports that. You can resolve that by configuring the compiler plugin to use a different version of java.
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html
<project>
[...]
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
[...]
</project>
or configure the plugin directly:
<project>
[...]
<build>
[...]
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
[...]
</build>
[...]
</project>

Building Maven Project : Giving compilation Error

I am new to Java/Maven, and I am trying to build a maven Spring Boot project, it was earlier working and was successfully creating jar package as well. But it suddenly stopped working and started giving Maven Compile error.
I know it has something to do with the pom.xml file. My best guess : Some changes in this file has caused it to fail.
pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.loanglide</groupId>
<artifactId>drools-helloworld</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>drools-helloworld</name>
<description>Springboot application</description>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>12.0.1</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>12.0.1</maven.compiler.target>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<kie.version>6.1.0.Final</kie.version>
</properties>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.spring.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>platform-bom</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1.RELEASE</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.kie</groupId>
<artifactId>kie-ci</artifactId>
<version>6.1.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
<artifactId>mybatis</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>8.0.16</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.freemarker/freemarker -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
<artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
<version>2.3.28</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>freemarker<!-- Legacy org-less group --></groupId>
<artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Error
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.905 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2019-08-08T01:52:48+05:30
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project springboot-helloworld: Fatal error compiling: error: invalid target release: 12.0.1 -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
Java Version
java version "12.0.1" 2019-04-16
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 12.0.1+12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 12.0.1+12, mixed mode, sharing)
I have tried many stackoverflow answer to similar question, but still not able to resolve this issue.
If you are using Java 12, add the following to Maven pom.xml.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<release>12</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
The properties maven.compiler.source and maven.compiler.target are used by many plugins on default lifecycle, as compiler, as you can see at this answer.
You must try:
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>12</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>12</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
But if you want to override only this goal, you can configure it like:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<release>12</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
As you are new with Java, keep in mind the new versioning schema so even you have installed the 12 version you can target the 11 LTS target if no new language feature is intended to be used.

Intellij maven project Fatal error compiling: invalid flag: --release

I am trying to start with Spring-boot, Maven in Intellij
Please help me I am getting the error:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.7.0:compile (default-compile) on project spring-rest: Fatal error compiling: invalid flag: --release -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
Process finished with exit code 1
My pom.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <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.example</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-rest</artifactId>
<version>3.1.3.RELEASE</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>spring-rest</name>
<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.1-api</artifactId>
<version>RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<release>8</release>
<verbose>true</verbose>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
In your pom.xml file, simply remove the tag <release>8</release> from your maven-compiler-plugin configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<verbose>true</verbose>
</configuration>
</plugin>
This has to do with the version of JDK running on your system. As per the documentation for maven-compiler-plugin, the release flag is supported since 1.9, and thus has to be commented/removed from the POM if you are using prior (1.8 and below) versions of JDK.
Check Maven documentation for release tag for maven-compiler-plugin here
open terminal to check that Maven using correct version of Java
run: mvn -v
If you will see an old Java version, that might be the problem.
Being on Linux, I suggest removing Maven, e.g. using Fedora package manager dnf remove maven or check your PATH for maven.
Download one from here: https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
Extract downloaded to your home path, e.g. ~/maven.
Add/Edit ~/maven/bin to your PATH
Reapply .bash_profile (or re-login)
Run mvn -v
Now you should see a correct Java version in the output
I faced this problem too, check your JAVA_HOME environment variable.
I was setting the value of release to 11 as I am using JAVA 11.
My System JAVA_HOME was set for java 8, After adding the JAVA_HOME user environment variable to the java 11 path this got resolved.
An alternative approach is to directly set the compiler flags inside your properties tag instead of using the <configuration> tag of the compiler plugin:
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
<!-- Use the release flag only if you are using Java 9+ -->
<!-- <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release> -->
<!-- verbose is useful for debugging purposes -->
<maven.compiler.verbose>true</maven.compiler.verbose>
</properties>
As stated in the official page:
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html
This is mostly because of the java version mismatch. Managing more than one java version for projects can be painful.
I am working simultaneously on projects asking for different versions of java and have been using jenv for switching the java versions.
More details here
I was getting this error with Java v8, then resolved the issue by updating to Java v11, updating JAVA_HOME, and updating my IntelliJ SDK settings to use the new jdk.
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.10.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) on project selenium-for-beginners: Execution default-testCompile of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.10.1:testCompile failed: multiple points -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
When trying to do a Selenium maven beginner project if you are running into this trouble/issue. Please try to change the maven plugin in the pom.xml file. Use Plugin for "Compile Using the --release javac option (JDK 9+)". This should work.
Set the $MAVEN_HOME and JAVA_HOME in environment Properties
Check the maven version ( C:>mvn -version )
Check the Java Version
( C:>java -version )
Add the below code snip in pom.xml file and change the version number of maven
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version> // replace the maven version number
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<verbose>true</verbose>
</configuration>
</plugin>
This configuration worked for me, for java 11. (IntelliJ version 2019.1)
java.version is 11, declared in the properties part of the pom.xml. Maven version should be 3.6 or higher.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<fork>false</fork>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
<compilerArgs>
<arg>-parameters</arg>
</compilerArgs>
<release>${java.version}</release>
<forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
</configuration>
<executions>
<!-- Replacing default-compile as it is treated specially by maven -->
<execution>
<id>default-compile</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
<!-- Replacing default-testCompile as it is treated specially by maven -->
<execution>
<id>default-testCompile</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>java-compile</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>java-test-compile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

Maven java project builds, but doesn't run

I am creating a maven project from scratch, first just learn how to use maven.
The main project contains no source code file, but it has two modules (app, and util). App depends on util. I would like to have a .jar from app, and have no manifest file if possible.
I am able to compile the whole project with mvn clean install, but can not run the app from console.
The main project .pom is
<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.proba</groupId>
<artifactId>myproject</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<modules>
<module>util</module>
<module>app</module>
</modules>
</project>
Util .pom is
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>com.proba</groupId>
<artifactId>myproject</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>util</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
app pom is
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>com.proba</groupId>
<artifactId>myproject</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>app</artifactId>
<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>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.proba</groupId>
<artifactId>util</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.proba.app.App</mainClass>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>site-deploy</phase>
<goals>
<goal>java</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<mainClass>com.proba.app.App</mainClass>
<!--<arguments> <argument>myArg1</argument> <argument>myArg2</argument>
</arguments> -->
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
The code doesn't do too much.
App.java (that inside the app module) is
package com.proba.app;
import com.proba.util.UtilClass;
public class App
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
UtilClass uc = new UtilClass();
System.out.println( "QQQQQ: " + uc.print() );
}
}
I compile it with
mvn clean install
[INFO] Reactor Summary:
[INFO]
[INFO] myproject .......................................... SUCCESS [ 0.406 s]
[INFO] util ............................................... SUCCESS [ 2.074 s]
[INFO] app ................................................ SUCCESS [ 0.535 s]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
myproject, util, app is SUCCESS.
I try to run it with
java -jar app/target/app-0.0.1.jar
Hello World!
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/proba/util/UtilClass
at com.proba.app.App.main(App.java:17)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.proba.util.UtilClass
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
... 1 more
As you can see, Hello World! is printed out, but UtilClass is not found.
I am able to run the build from eclipse, but not from the console.
What I am doing wrong? Do you have any idea?
What you missing is the jar of UtilClass. You just need to add shade plugin in your pom.
As reference: maven-shade-plugin
In the pom.xml of app module,You have writtent the compile thats why at runtime your jar is not getting into the classpath.Remove the compile line.And it will work.
Util.jar is added to your app pom.xml as dependency but the scope is compile. So it is not getting added to your Manifest as classpath entry. Remove scope element and then try.

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