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Maven Essentials

Maven Essentials

By : Russell E Gold, Siriwardena
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Maven Essentials

Maven Essentials

3.9 (8)
By: Russell E Gold, Siriwardena
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Overview of this book

Maven is the #1 build tool used by developers and it has been around for more than a decade. Maven stands out among other build tools due to its extremely extensible architecture, which is built on of the concept of convention over configuration. It’s widely used by many open source Java projects under Apache Software Foundation, Sourceforge, Google Code, and more. Maven Essentials is a fast-paced guide to show you the key concepts in Maven and build automation. We get started by introducing you to Maven and exploring its core concepts and architecture. Next, you will learn about and write a Project Object Model (POM) while creating your own Maven project. You will also find out how to create custom archetypes and plugins to establish the most common goals in build automation. After this, you’ll get to know how to design the build to prevent any maintenance nightmares, with proper dependency management. We then explore Maven build lifecycles and Maven assemblies. Finally, you will discover how to apply the best practices when designing a build system to improve developer productivity.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Apache Maven Quick Start
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1. Apache Maven Quick Start
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Installing Apache Maven
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Configuring the heap size
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Hello Maven!
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Convention over configuration
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Maven repositories
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IDE integration
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Troubleshooting
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Summary
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2. Understanding the Project Object Model (POM)
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2. Understanding the Project Object Model (POM)
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Project Object Model (POM)
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POM hierarchy
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Super POM
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POM extending and overriding
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Maven coordinates
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The parent POM
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Managing POM dependencies
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3. Maven Archetypes
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3. Maven Archetypes
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Archetype quickstart
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Batch mode
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Archetype catalogues
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The archetype plugin goals
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Java EE web applications with the archetype plugin
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Android mobile applications with the archetype plugin
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EJB archives with the archetype plugin
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JIRA plugins with the archetype plugin
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Spring MVC applications with the archetype plugin
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4. Maven Plugins
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4. Maven Plugins
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Common Maven plugins
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Plugin discovery and execution
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5. Build Lifecycles
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5. Build Lifecycles
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Standard lifecycles in Maven
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Lifecycle bindings
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Lifecycle extensions
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6. Maven Assemblies
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6. Maven Assemblies
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The assembly plugin
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The assembly descriptor
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Artifact/resource filtering
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Assembly help
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A runnable standalone Maven project
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7. Best Practices
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7. Best Practices
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Dependency management
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Defining a parent module
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POM properties
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Avoiding repetitive groupIds and versions, and inheriting from the parent POM
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Following naming conventions
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Think twice before you write your own plugin. You may not need it!
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The Maven release plugin
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The Maven enforcer plugin
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Avoiding the use of unversioned plugins
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Descriptive parent POM files
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Documentation is your friend
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Avoid overriding the default directory structure
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Using SNAPSHOT versioning during the development
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Get rid of unused dependencies
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Avoiding keeping credentials in application POM files
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Avoiding using deprecated references
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Avoiding repetition – use archetypes
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Avoiding using maven.test.skip
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Chapter 6. Maven Assemblies

Maven provides an extensible architecture via plugins and lifecycles. Archive types such as .jar, .war, .ear, and many more are supported by plugins and associated lifecycles. The JAR plugin creates an artifact with the .jar extension and the relevant metadata, according to the JAR specification. The JAR file is, in fact, a ZIP file with the optional META-INF directory. You can find more details about the JAR specification from http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jar/jar.html.

The JAR file aggregates a set of class files to build a single distribution unit. The WAR file aggregates a set of JAR files, Java classes, JSPs, images, and many more resources into a single distribution unit that can be deployed in a Java EE application server. However, when you build a product, you may need to aggregate many JAR files from different places, WAR files, README files, LICENSE files, and many more into a single ZIP file. To build such an archive...

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