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Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project electronicbookshop: Compilation failure

<plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.4</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>

Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile

Error: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile.....

Use the surefire plugin, compiler plugin:

As of today the latest version is:
(put it inside <build><plugins>)
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.0-M6</version>
</plugin>

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.10.1</version>
</plugin>

Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3

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

Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.6.1:compile (default-compile) on project a2: Compilation failure [ERROR] No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?

set JAVA_HOME=<ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_JDK>