could not compile the demo : javac: invalid target release: 1.7

[Former user]

[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) @ appdriverTest --- [INFO] Compiling 17 source files to /Users/juc/projects/prefabware/appdriverTest/target/classes [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------- [ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------- [ERROR] Failure executing javac, but could not parse the error: javac: invalid target release: 1.7 Usage: javac <options> <source files> use -help for a list of possible options

[INFO] 1 error

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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE

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[INFO] Total time: 58.004 s

[INFO] Finished at: 2014-05-27T12:05:21+01:00

[INFO] Final Memory: 11M/81M

[Stefan Isele]

Java 1.7 is required to compile the demo, as documented in the tutorial at http://appdriver.bitbucket.org/docs/appdriver-create-web-application.html .

Looks like Java 1.7 was not available when trying to compile.