aspectj-maven-plugin and Java 7
aspectj, java, maven, plugins, version
Solution
I found a way to do it in this question. The problem seems to be that the java and aspectj compilers are not called in the order one would expect.
In short, adding `<phase>process-sources</phase>` did the job for me:
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>process-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
<goal>test-compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
Problem
How do I have to setup the pom.xml so the aspectj-maven-plugin uses Java 7 to compile? When I compile with my current configuration (see below), I always get a message complaining about my use of some Java 7 specific feature, e.g. ``` error: multi-catch statement is not supported in -source 1.5 ``` I use eclipse, in the project properties -> java compiler it says 1.5 for compliance level, source, target. What am I doing wrong? A very similar question was asked here, but the solution doesn't work for me, I'm already on version 1.7.4 of org.aspectj. The question can also be rephrased as: How can I make maven compile my code using Java 7 and weave the aspects in? I don't have to use the aspectj-maven-plugin. But what other way is there that works? 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>my.stuff</groupId> <artifactId>artifact</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId> <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId> <version>1.7.4</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.5</version> <configuration> <source>1.7</source> <target>1.7</target> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>compile</goal> <goal>test-compile</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project> ```