MavenJavaCompilerFacet should use user properties instead of declaring the compiler plugin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: FORGE-1698 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1698 Project: Forge Issue Type: Enhancement Components: Build Tools - Maven Affects Versions: 2.3.0.Final Reporter: George Gastaldi Assignee: George Gastaldi Priority: Minor Labels: Starter Fix For: 2.4.1.Final The current {{org.jboss.forge.addon.maven.projects.facets.MavenJavaCompilerFacet}} declares a compiler plugin with the parameters: {code} <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1</version> <configuration> <source>1.7</source> <target>1.7</target> <encoding>UTF-8</encoding> </configuration> </plugin> {code} As per http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/compile-mojo.html, this could be changed to: {code} <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source> <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target> </properties> {code}