Advanced Topics in Apache Maven for Java Developers





Mastering the Apache Maven build lifecycle, along with its phases, plugins, and goals, allows developers to automate and optimize the build process. Multimodule and bill of materials (BOM) projects are advanced topics that enable complex project structures to be managed more effectively, facilitating better organization, dependency management, and ensuring consistency across different modules of a project. In this course, you will learn to navigate the intricacies of Maven repositories and configure specific remote repositories to access artifacts. You will override the default directory layout and set up Project Object Model (POM) inheritance to leverage shared configurations, minimize redundancy, and promote project uniformity. Next, you will explore the Apache Maven build lifecycle, gaining hands-on experience with executing phases and employing plugins to tailor the build process. You will configure plugins and associate them with lifecycle phases to enhance your capacity to automate and refine your build operations. Finally, you will set the stage for advanced project management by configuring profiles for environment-specific builds and building a multimodule project to manage multiple interrelated projects easily. You will also create and use a BOM for streamlined dependency management.


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Advanced Topics in Apache Maven for Java Developers

  • work with local and remote repositories in Maven
  • configure remote repositories in the pom.xml file
  • override the standard directory layout in the Super Project Object Model (POM)
  • set up POM inheritance with parent and child projects
  • provide an overview of the Maven build lifecycle, phases, goals, and plugins
  • execute Maven lifecycle phases for the default, clean, and site lifecycles
  • execute Maven plugins and goals using the command line
  • configure Maven plugin properties using the command line and the pom.xml
  • associate specific plugin goals with phases in the Maven lifecycle
  • configure profiles to work in dev, test, and prod environments
  • set up POM inheritance in preparation for setting up a multimodule project
  • configure multimodule projects to manage interrelated projects in Maven
  • use the parent POM as a bill of materials (BOM) to manage dependency versions
  • import a BOM project for dependency version management


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