How To Build Project With Maven
A maven project can be built using the "mvn package" command.Open your console, change to your project directory where pom.xml file is placed, and issue following command :
mvn package
This command will execute the Maven “package” phase. Maven will run by phases. So, when the “package” phase is executed, all its phases – “validate“, “compile” and “test“, including the current phase “package” will be executed orderly.
mvn Package Key Concepts
When you run “mvn package” command, it will compile source code, run unit test and pack it depends on your “packaging” tag in pom.xml file. For example,
A maven project can be built using the "mvn package" command.Open your console, change to your project directory where pom.xml file is placed, and issue following command :
mvn package
This command will execute the Maven “package” phase. Maven will run by phases. So, when the “package” phase is executed, all its phases – “validate“, “compile” and “test“, including the current phase “package” will be executed orderly.
mvn Package Key Concepts
When you run “mvn package” command, it will compile source code, run unit test and pack it depends on your “packaging” tag in pom.xml file. For example,
- If “packaging” = jar, it will package your project into a “jar” file and put it into your target folder.Sample pom.xml is given bellow.
- If “packaging” = war, it will package your project into a “war” file and put it into your target folder.Sample pom.xml is given bellow.
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.javawebtutor</groupId> <artifactId>myexample</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>jar</packaging> <name>myexample</name>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.javawebtutor</groupId> <artifactId>myexample</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>war</packaging> <name>myexample</name>
Note:-When no packaging is declared, Maven assumes the artifact is the default: jar.
“mvn package” example
Step 1 : Create Java Project
Create java project in your favourite directory
First of all, using the terminal (Linux or Mac) or the command prompt (Windows), navigate to the folder where the new project shall be created and issue the following command
mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.javawebtutor -DartifactId=JavaApplication -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false
This command will create java project in your directory
Step 2 : Build Project With Maven :
To build a Maven based project, open your console, change to your project folder where pom.xml file is placed, and issue this command
mvn package
After executing this command Maven will start building the project as shown bellow.
D:\MavenProject\JavaApplication>mvn package [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building JavaApplication 1.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:resources (default-resources) @ JavaApplic ation --- [debug] execute contextualize [WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory D:\MavenProject\JavaApplication\src\m ain\resources [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) @ JavaApplicati on --- [WARNING] File encoding has not been set, using platform encoding Cp1252, i.e. b uild is platform dependent! [INFO] Compiling 1 source file to D:\MavenProject\JavaApplication\target\classes [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:testResources (default-testResources) @ Ja vaApplication --- [debug] execute contextualize [WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory D:\MavenProject\JavaApplication\src\t est\resources [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ JavaA pplication --- [WARNING] File encoding has not been set, using platform encoding Cp1252, i.e. b uild is platform dependent! [INFO] Compiling 1 source file to D:\MavenProject\JavaApplication\target\test-cl asses [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.10:test (default-test) @ JavaApplication --- [INFO] Surefire report directory: D:\MavenProject\JavaApplication\target\surefir e-reports ------------------------------------------------------- T E S T S ------------------------------------------------------- Running com.javawebtutor.AppTest Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.016 sec Results : Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0 [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:2.3.2:jar (default-jar) @ JavaApplication --- [INFO] Building jar: D:\MavenProject\JavaApplication\target\JavaApplication-1.0- SNAPSHOT.jar [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 4.767s [INFO] Finished at: Fri Jun 06 12:17:19 IST 2014 [INFO] Final Memory: 6M/15M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ D:\MavenProject\JavaApplication>
Now check project target folder you can find generated jar file there.
