title: Intelij IDEA - Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.0.2:compile
body: <p>I'm using java <strong>7</strong> to compile my class files using <strong>maven</strong> <strong><code>/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64/bin/java</code></strong>, but still i'm getting below errors. What might i be doing wrong ?</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Compilation failure:
      error: generics are not supported in -source 1.3
      error: annotations are not supported in -source 1.3
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