in maven-plugin-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/report/RequirementsHistory.java [116:157]
public static String discoverJdkRequirement(MavenProject project, PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor) {
String jdk = null;
if (pluginDescriptor instanceof ExtendedPluginDescriptor) {
ExtendedPluginDescriptor extPluginDescriptor = (ExtendedPluginDescriptor) pluginDescriptor;
jdk = extPluginDescriptor.getRequiredJavaVersion();
}
if (jdk != null) {
return jdk;
}
Plugin compiler = getCompilerPlugin(project.getBuild());
if (compiler == null) {
compiler = getCompilerPlugin(project.getPluginManagement());
}
jdk = getPluginParameter(compiler, "release");
if (jdk == null) {
jdk = project.getProperties().getProperty("maven.compiler.release");
}
if (jdk == null) {
jdk = getPluginParameter(compiler, "target");
}
if (jdk == null) {
// default value
jdk = project.getProperties().getProperty("maven.compiler.target");
}
if (jdk == null) {
String version = (compiler == null) ? null : compiler.getVersion();
if (version != null) {
return "Default target for maven-compiler-plugin version " + version;
}
} else {
if (Arrays.asList("1.5", "1.6", "1.7", "1.8").contains(jdk)) {
jdk = jdk.substring(2);
}
}
return jdk;
}