I just started using Maven and I was told to do mvn install in a specific directory. What does mvn install do, exactly? I think it looks for pom.xml in the current folder and starts following the instructions specified in that file. Is that correct? 9 Answers 9
I am using maven as build tool. I have set an environment variable called env. How can I get access to this environment variable’s value in the pom.xml file? 6 Answers 6
Looking at documentation http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/testng.html, we can see <scope> tag under <dependency> What is that and how can we use it for running test? 6 Answers 6
I wrote some Maven code in Netbeans that has approximately more than 2000 lines. When I compile it on Netbeans, everything is fine, but if I want to run it on command line, I will get these errors: generics are not supported in -source 1.3 (use -source 5 or higher to enable generics) ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> list … Read more
This is a snippet of my pom file. …. <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4</version> <executions> <execution> <phase>install</phase> <goals> <goal>copy-dependencies</goal> </goals> <configuration> …… </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> … I use it successfully with the command mvn install But, when I try to enclose it into the “pluginManagement” tag, the maven-dependency-plugin stops working when I launch … Read more
I have a project on Bitbucket. Only the sources are committed. To retrieve the project onto a new machine, I used Version Control > Checkout from Version Control from within IntelliJ. It then asks whether I would like to create a new project from this source, to which I reply Yes. So far, so good. … Read more
What is the difference between dependencyManagement and dependencies? I have seen the docs at Apache Maven web site. It seems that a dependency defined under the dependencyManagement can be used in its child modules without specifying the version. For example: A parent project (Pro-par) defines a dependency under the dependencyManagement: <dependencyManagement> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> … Read more
