Maven dependency management is integrated with Eclipse JDT using "Maven Dependencies" classpath container. The Classpath container contains dependency list computed by Maven based on project's pom.xml.
Also see Dependency Management, Resolving artifact sources, Quick Search, Dependency Quick Fix and Developing and debugging Maven plugins.
Supported features
Integration is using project configuration framework to read configuration of the maven-compiler-plugin from Maven pom.xml and configure Eclipse projects according to those settings.
Project configuration is done automatically when Creating Maven projects or when Importing Maven projects. It can be also invoked manually from the "Maven / Update Project Configuration" popup menu.
maven-compiler-plugin
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source | String | The -source argument for the Java compiler. |
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target | String | The -target argument for the Java compiler. |
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compilerArgument | String | Sets the unformatted argument string to be passed to the compiler if fork is set to true. This is because the list of valid arguments passed to a Java compiler varies based on the compiler version. |
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compilerArguments | Map | Sets the arguments to be passed to the compiler (prepending a dash) if fork is set to true. This is because the list of valid arguments passed to a Java compiler varies based on the compiler version. |
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compilerId | String | The compiler id of the compiler to use. See thisguide for more information. Default value is javac. |
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compilerManager | CompilerManager | Plexus compiler manager. |
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compilerVersion | String | Version of the compiler to use, ex. "1.3", "1.5", if fork is set to true. |
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debug | boolean | Set to true to include debugging information in the compiled class files. Default value is true. |
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encoding | String | The -encoding argument for the Java compiler. |
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excludes | Set | A list of exclusion filters for the compiler. |
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executable | String | Sets the executable of the compiler to use when fork is true. |
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failOnError | boolean | Indicates whether the build will continue even if there are compilation errors; defaults to true. Default value is true. |
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fork | boolean | Allows running the compiler in a separate process. If "false" it uses the built in compiler, while if "true" it will use an executable. Default value is false. |
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includes | Set | A list of inclusion filters for the compiler. |
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maxmem | String | Sets the maximum size, in megabytes, of the memory allocation pool, ex. "128", "128m" if fork is set to true. |
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meminitial | String | Initial size, in megabytes, of the memory allocation pool, ex. "64", "64m" if fork is set to true. |
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optimize | boolean | Set to true to optimize the compiled code using the compiler's optimization methods. Default value is false. |
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outputFileName | String | Sets the name of the output file when compiling a set of sources to a single file. |
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showDeprecation | boolean | Sets whether to show source locations where deprecated APIs are used. Default value is false. |
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showWarnings | boolean | Set to true to show compilation warnings. Default value is false. |
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staleMillis | int | Sets the granularity in milliseconds of the last modification date for testing whether a source needs recompilation. Default value is 0. |
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verbose | boolean | Set to true to show messages about what the compiler is doing. Default value is false |