Annotations are not supported in source 1.3 maven

Maven compiler plugin uses default JDK1.3 which does not support annotations.

Solution :

<project ....>
 <build>
  <plugins>
 <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.2</version>
  <configuration>
   <source>1.6</source>
   <target>1.6</target>
  </configuration>
 </plugin>
   </plugins>
  </build>
</project>