org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin is missing - selenium-webdriver

Question

Hi I am new in automation testing
I am using:
Eclipse: Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
Version: Indigo Service Release 2
Build id: 20120216-1857
And apache maven version: apache-maven-3.0.4
I am facing problem to run automation script through maven and the error is:
D:\TestAutomation\MyTestProject_24>mvn install
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[WARNING]
[WARNING] Some problems were encountered while building the effective model for MyTestProject_24:MyTestProject_24:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[WARNING] 'dependencies.dependency.systemPath' for org.sikuli:sikuli-java:jar should use a variable
instead of a hard-coded path C:\SikuliX\sikuli-java.jar # line 109, column 18
[WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin is missi
ng. # line 125, column 12
[WARNING]
[WARNING] It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten the stability of your
build.
[WARNING]
[WARNING] For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support building such malformed projects.
[WARNING]
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building MyTestProject24 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:resources (default-resources) # MyTestProject_24 ---
[debug] execute contextualize
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] Copying 6 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) # MyTestProject_24 ---
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:testResources (default-testResources) #MyTestProject_24 ---
[debug] execute contextualize
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] Copying 5 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:testCompile (default-testCompile) # MyTestProject_24 ---
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.17:test (default-test) # MyTestProject_24 ---
[INFO] Surefire report directory: D:\TestAutomation\MyTestProject_24\target\surefire-reports
-------------------------------------------------------
T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
Running TestSuite
Results :
Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 4.531s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Nov 17 11:41:00 IST 2014
[INFO] Final Memory: 7M/19M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.17:test (default-test) on project MyTestProject_24: Execution default-test of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.17:test failed: There was an error in the forked process
[ERROR] org.testng.TestNGException:
[ERROR] Cannot instantiate class WebConsoleTest.WebConsoleLoginTest
[ERROR] at org.testng.internal.ObjectFactoryImpl.newInstance(ObjectFactoryImpl.java:38)
[ERROR] at org.testng.internal.ClassHelper.createInstance1(ClassHelper.java:387)
[ERROR] at org.testng.internal.ClassHelper.createInstance(ClassHelper.java:299)
[ERROR] at org.testng.internal.ClassImpl.getDefaultInstance(ClassImpl.java:110)
[ERROR] at org.testng.internal.ClassImpl.getInstances(ClassImpl.java:186)
[ERROR] at org.testng.internal.TestNGClassFinder.<init>(TestNGClassFinder.java:120)
[ERROR] at org.testng.TestRunner.initMethods(TestRunner.java:409)
[ERROR] at org.testng.TestRunner.init(TestRunner.java:235)
[ERROR] at org.testng.TestRunner.init(TestRunner.java:205)
[ERROR] at org.testng.TestRunner.<init>(TestRunner.java:153)
[ERROR] at org.testng.SuiteRunner$DefaultTestRunnerFactory.newTestRunner(SuiteRunner.java:522)
[ERROR] at org.testng.SuiteRunner.init(SuiteRunner.java:157)
[ERROR] at org.testng.SuiteRunner.<init>(SuiteRunner.java:111)
[ERROR] at org.testng.TestNG.createSuiteRunner(TestNG.java:1273)
[ERROR] at org.testng.TestNG.createSuiteRunners(TestNG.java:1260)
[ERROR] at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1114)
[ERROR] at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1031)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGExecutor.run(TestNGExecutor.java:293)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGXmlTestSuite.execute(TestNGXmlTestSuite.java:84)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGProvider.invoke(TestNGProvider.java:91)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.invokeProviderInSameClassLoader(ForkedBoote
r.java:200)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:153)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:103)
[ERROR] Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
[ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
[ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:
57)
[ERROR] at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorIm
pl.java:45)
[ERROR] at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
[ERROR] at org.testng.internal.ObjectFactoryImpl.newInstance(ObjectFactoryImpl.java:29)
[ERROR] ... 22 more
[ERROR] Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: testlink/api/java/client/TestLinkAPIException
[ERROR] at WebConsoleTest.WebConsoleLoginTest.<init>(WebConsoleLoginTest.java:35)
[ERROR] ... 27 more
[ERROR] Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: testlink.api.java.client.TestLinkAPIException
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
[ERROR] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
[ERROR] at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
[ERROR] ... 28 more
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following arti
cles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
D:\TestAutomation\MyTestProject_24>
And POM.xml is:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>MyTestProject_24</groupId>
<artifactId>MyTestProject_24</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>MyTestProject24</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
<version>1.10</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium.grid</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-grid-hub</artifactId>
<version>1.0.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
<version>2.28.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.8</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
<artifactId>surefire-testng</artifactId>
<version>2.17</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>2.28.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>3.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sourceforge.jexcelapi</groupId>
<artifactId>jxl</artifactId>
<version>2.6.12</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
<artifactId>bcprov-jdk16</artifactId>
<version>1.46</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.schmizz</groupId>
<artifactId>sshj</artifactId>
<version>0.7.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>0.9.27</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
<version>0.9.27</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.opera</groupId>
<artifactId>operadriver</artifactId>
<version>1.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.sikuli</groupId>
<artifactId>sikuli-java</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>C:\SikuliX\sikuli-java.jar</systemPath>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.sikuli</groupId>
<artifactId>sikuli-core</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.17</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>eviware</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-soapui-plugin</artifactId>
<version>4.5.1</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>br.eti.kinoshita</groupId>
<artifactId>testlink-java-api</artifactId>
<version>1.9.6-1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Answer 1

To fix this issue, add the <version> tag as shown below:
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
.
.
.
</pluginManagement>
</build>
Note - This version number I have extracted from the Maven log that you have provided.