title: Maven compiler plugin error v3.0.3
body: <p>I am new to maven installation. While executing a .bat file which installs maven, I am getting the below error. Could you please check :</p>
  
  <pre><code>     Launching environment tests
       checking Java 4 compile, java 4 run
       [ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
       [ERROR] Failure executing javac,  but could not parse the error:
       The system cannot find the path specified.
  
       [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default
       -compile) on project devenv-validate: Compilation failure
       [ERROR] Failure executing javac,  but could not parse the error:
       [ERROR] The system cannot find the path specified.
       [ERROR] -&gt; [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/MojoFailureException
       checking Java 4 compile, java 6 run
       [ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
       [ERROR] Failure executing javac,  but could not parse the error:
       The system cannot find the path specified.
  
       [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default
       -compile) on project devenv-validate: Compilation failure
       [ERROR] Failure executing javac,  but could not parse the error:
       [ERROR] The system cannot find the path specified.
       [ERROR] -&gt; [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/MojoFailureException
       checking Java 6 compile, java 6 run
  
       -------------------------------------------------------
        T E S T S
       -------------------------------------------------------
       Running TestDevEnvValidator
       Java version  : Actual [1.6.0_20], expected [1.6.0_20]
       Java compiler : Actual [6], expected [6]
       Tests run: 3, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0 sec
  
       Results :
  
       Tests run: 3, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
  
       Press any key to continue . . .
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone please have a look and say why it is failing. Thanks in advance.</p>