maven compiler plugin is a Windows software oriented toward Java developers. There are instruments for incremental code compilation. Users are able to manually specify the source and target versions as well as adjust various encoding parameters.

Brief description

This program is intended for executing the Compile and testCompile goals in the Maven development environment. You can run the Help command to display detailed plugin documentation.

There is support for the Eclipse, Groovy and standard Java compilers. Users are able to process annotations and work with multi release JAR files. Moreover, an option to change the module path and descriptor is included.

You can customize the version for both the source and the target. Tools for conducting forked or parallel compilation are provided as well.

Interface

All configuration parameters can be specified in the POM.XML file or added as command line arguments. For example, there is a boolean flag that indicates whether to output verbose messages from the compiler. The showWarnings command is intended for displaying alerts during the operation.

Features

free to download and use;
offers you instruments for compiling Java code in Maven;
it is possible to manually specify various operation parameters;
supports several popular Java compilers such as Eclipse and Groovy;
compatible with all modern versions of Windows;
users can perform forked or parallel compilation.