How to force mave to copy dependencies into target directory

Here is a simple example of pom.xml plugins section to force maven copy dependencies into target directory

       

                org.apache.maven.plugins

                maven-dependency-plugin

               

                   

                        copy-dependency

                        prepare-package

                       

                            copy-dependencies

                       

                       

                            ${project.build.directory}/lib

                            true

                            false

                            false

                       

                   

               

           

How to set specific java version in pom.xml

Here is an example of pom.xml plugins section to set specific java version:

           

                org.apache.maven.plugins

                maven-compiler-plugin

                2.5.1

               

                    1.7

                    1.7