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 Maven 2 Compiler Plugin 
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 Johnny R. Ruiz III
 <jruiz@exist.com>
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 September 19, 2005

How to Use

  These example shows how to set the -source and -target argument of the Java Compiler.
 
  It also shows how to exclude certain files on the items to be compiled.
 
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<project>
   ...
      <build>
         ...
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.5</source>
                    <target>1.5</target>
                    <excludes>
                        <exclude implementation="java.lang.String">**/*Point*.java</exclude>
                    </excludes>
                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
         ...
      </build>
   ...
</project>
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  There are other parameters that you can configure like fork, includes/include, debug, showWarnings etc.
  
  For full documentation, click {{{index.html}here}}.