maven No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?

maven install项目时出错，提示信息如下：

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) on project springside-core: Compilation failure

[ERROR] No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?
[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 articles:

[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException

解决方案：

1. 下载java jdk，并安装java jdk。下载地址：http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

2. 在eclipse的菜单中，进入 Window > Preferences > Java > Installed JREs > Execution Environments，选择JavaSE-1.7, 在右侧选择你的JDK.

3. 然后在maven菜单中使用 “update project ...”.

终于可以了，哈哈