<build>

    <plugins>

        <plugin>

            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

            <version>3.1</version>

            <configuration>

                <source>1.8</source>

                <target>1.8</target>

            </configuration>

        </plugin>

    </plugins>

</build>

<properties>

    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>

    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>

    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>

</properties>