Added compiler option to the plugin.

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 .project
 .settings/
 target/
+.idea
+*.iml

pom.xml

@@ -20,7 +20,18 @@
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:[email protected]:alexnederlof/Jasper-report-maven-plugin.git</developerConnection>
 	</scm>
 
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <id>alexnederlof</id>
+            <name>Alex Nederlof</name>
+        </developer>
 
+        <developer>
+            <id>ammachado</id>
+            <name>Adriano Machado</name>
+            <email>[email protected]</email>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -36,10 +47,17 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
-			<version>4.5.1</version>
+			<version>5.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -71,6 +89,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.2.2</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<goals>deploy site</goals>
 				</configuration>
@@ -80,17 +99,10 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.10</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 					<useFile>false</useFile>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2.2</version>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>

src/main/java/de/enovationbtc/jasperreport/JasperReporter.java

@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
+import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.DefaultJasperReportsContext;
 import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
-import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRProperties;
+import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JRCompiler;
+import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JRJdtCompiler;
+import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRReportSaxParserFactory;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
@@ -43,6 +46,14 @@ public class JasperReporter extends AbstractMojo {
 
 	static final String ERROR_JRE_COMPILE_ERROR = "Some Jasper reports could not be compiled. See log above for details.";
 
+    /**
+     * This is the java compiler used
+     *
+     * @parameter default-value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JRJdtCompiler"
+     * @required
+     */
+    private String compiler;
+
 	/**
 	 * This is where the .jasper files are written.
 	 * 
@@ -99,7 +110,10 @@ public class JasperReporter extends AbstractMojo {
 
 	private Log log;
 
-	@Override
+    public JasperReporter() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
 	public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 		log = getLog();
 
@@ -113,7 +127,11 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 		}
 		checkOutDirWritable(outputDirectory);
 
-		JRProperties.setProperty(JRProperties.COMPILER_XML_VALIDATION, xmlValidation);
+        DefaultJasperReportsContext jasperReportsContext = DefaultJasperReportsContext.getInstance();
+        jasperReportsContext.setProperty(JRReportSaxParserFactory.COMPILER_XML_VALIDATION, String.valueOf(xmlValidation));
+        jasperReportsContext.setProperty(JRCompiler.COMPILER_CLASS, compiler == null ?
+            JRJdtCompiler.class.getName() : compiler);
+        jasperReportsContext.setProperty(JRCompiler.COMPILER_KEEP_JAVA_FILE, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
 
 		List<CompileTask> tasks = generateTasks(sourceDirectory, outputDirectory);
 
@@ -131,7 +149,8 @@ private void logConfiguration(Log log) {
 		log.info("Output ext=" + outputFileExt);
 		log.info("Source ext=" + sourceFileExt);
 		log.info("XML Validation=" + xmlValidation);
-		log.info("Numer of threads:" + numberOfThreads);
+        log.info("JasperReports Compiler=" + compiler);
+		log.info("Number of threads:" + numberOfThreads);
 	}
 
 	/**