make use of maven-toolchain-plugin to compile project againt desired JDK
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cdd4c32..972a696 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
<project.scm.id>bitbucket</project.scm.id>
<release.repo.url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</release.repo.url>
<snapshot.repo.url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</snapshot.repo.url>
+ <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
+ <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<name>SnakeYAML</name>
<description>YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java</description>
@@ -122,8 +124,8 @@
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5.1</version>
<configuration>
- <source>1.6</source>
- <target>1.6</target>
+ <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+ <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
<encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
@@ -343,9 +345,41 @@
</reporting>
<profiles>
<profile>
+ <id>toolchain</id>
+ <activation>
+ <file>
+ <exists>${user.home}/.m2/toolchains.xml</exists>
+ </file>
+ </activation>
+ <build>
+ <plugins>
+ <plugin>
+ <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+ <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
+ <version>1.1</version>
+ <executions>
+ <execution>
+ <phase>validate</phase>
+ <goals>
+ <goal>toolchain</goal>
+ </goals>
+ </execution>
+ </executions>
+ <configuration>
+ <toolchains>
+ <jdk>
+ <version>${maven.compiler.target}</version>
+ </jdk>
+ </toolchains>
+ </configuration>
+ </plugin>
+ </plugins>
+ </build>
+ </profile>
+ <profile>
<id>jdk8</id>
<activation>
- <jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
+ <jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
</activation>
<build>
<plugins>
@@ -376,17 +410,13 @@
</profile>
<profile>
<id>with-java8-tests</id>
+ <properties>
+ <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+ <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+ </properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
- <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
- <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
- <configuration>
- <source>1.8</source>
- <target>1.8</target>
- </configuration>
- </plugin>
- <plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.10</version>
