Java Home in Maven 3 📎
Maven 3 built-in variable: ${java.home} points to JRE_HOME and not JDK.
If you would like to access the JDK home folder from maven, set JAVA_HOME on the OS level and use the environment variable: ${env.JAVA_HOME} to get access to it's value.
This trick together with JDK1.7u10+ simplified the build of LightFish by eliminating a custom variable pointing to a JavaFX installation. Now it is a plain: mvm clean install
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