Create a Java project with Apache Maven

In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a Java project with Maven, imports it into the Eclipse IDE, and package the Java project into a jar file.

Tools used :

Maven 3.2.5 (For how to install, click here)
Eclipse (Kepler Release)
JDK 7

A. Create a Java Project from Maven Template

In a terminal (*uix or Mac) or command prompt (Windows), navigate to the folder you want to create the Java project.

In the command prompt run this command-

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId={project-packaging} -DartifactId={project-name}  -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false

Where {project-packaging} is the package structure you want for your project and {project-name} is the name of your project.

Example :-

$ mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.jobs -DartifactId=jobs -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/2.5/maven-clean-plugin-2.5.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/2.5/maven-clean-plugin-2.5.pom (4 KB at 1.4 KB/sec)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/2.5/maven-clean-plugin-2.5.jar
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/2.5/maven-clean-plugin-2.5.jar (25 KB at 19.8 KB/sec)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-install-plugin/2.4/maven-install-plugin-2.4.pom
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Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-install-plugin/2.4/maven-install-plugin-2.4.jar
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Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-site-plugin/3.3/maven-site-plugin-3.3.pom
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Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-plugins/24/maven-plugins-24.pom
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Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-parent/23/maven-parent-23.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-parent/23/maven-parent-23.pom (32 KB at 19.5 KB/sec)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom (14 KB at 8.0 KB/sec)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-site-plugin/3.3/maven-site-plugin-3.3.jar
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Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/2.8/maven-dependency-plugin-2.8.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/2.8/maven-dependency-plugin-2.8.pom (12 KB at 7.0 KB/sec)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/2.8/maven-dependency-plugin-2.8.jar
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/2.8/maven-dependency-plugin-2.8.jar (150 KB at 52.4 KB/sec)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-release-plugin/2.3.2/maven-release-plugin-2.3.2.pom
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Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/release/maven-release/2.3.2/maven-release-2.3.2.pom
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Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-release-plugin/2.3.2/maven-release-plugin-2.3.2.jar
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-release-plugin/2.3.2/maven-release-plugin-2.3.2.jar (44 KB at 27.3 KB/sec)
[INFO]                                                                         
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.0-alpha-3:generate (default-cli) > generate-sources @ standalone-pom >>>
[INFO] 
[INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.0-alpha-3:generate (default-cli) < generate-sources @ standalone-pom <<<
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.0-alpha-3:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/junit/junit/3.8.2/junit-3.8.2.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/junit/junit/3.8.2/junit-3.8.2.pom (747 B at 0.6 KB/sec)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/commons-io/commons-io/1.3.1/commons-io-1.3.1.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/commons-io/commons-io/1.3.1/commons-io-1.3.1.pom (7 KB at 4.2 KB/sec)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.4.6/plexus-utils-1.4.6.jar
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-interactivity-api/1.0-alpha-5/plexus-interactivity-api-1.0-alpha-5.jar
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/commons-io/commons-io/1.3.1/commons-io-1.3.1.jar
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-interactivity-api/1.0-alpha-5/plexus-interactivity-api-1.0-alpha-5.jar (14 KB at 12.5 KB/sec)
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/commons-io/commons-io/1.3.1/commons-io-1.3.1.jar (82 KB at 26.0 KB/sec)
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.4.6/plexus-utils-1.4.6.jar (200 KB at 53.2 KB/sec)
[INFO] Setting property: classpath.resource.loader.class => 'org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader'.
[INFO] Setting property: velocimacro.messages.on => 'false'.
[INFO] Setting property: resource.loader => 'classpath'.
[INFO] Setting property: resource.manager.logwhenfound => 'false'.
[INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode
Define value for version:  1.0-SNAPSHOT: : 
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: com.jobs
artifactId: jobs
version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: com.jobs
 Y: : Y
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Using following parameters for creating OldArchetype: maven-archetype-quickstart:1.0
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.jobs
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: com.jobs
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.jobs
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: jobs
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /opt/dev/workspace
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ********************* End of debug info from resources from generated POM ***********************
[INFO] OldArchetype created in dir: /opt/dev/workspace/jobs
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 02:27 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-02-26T16:26:46+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 13M/246M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

In above case, a new Java project jobs, and the entire project directory structure is created automatically.

B. Project Directory Layout

With the above command the following project directory structure is created.

jobs
|-- pom.xml
`-- src
    |-- main
    |   `-- java
    |       `-- com
    |           `-- jobs
    |               `-- App.java
    `-- test
        `-- java
            `-- com
                `-- jobs
                    `-- AppTest.java

Where all source code puts in folder /src/main/java/, all unit test code puts in /src/test/java/.

In additional, a standard pom.xml is generated. It describes the entire project information, everything from directory structure, project plugins, project dependencies, how to build this project and etc.

To make this as an Eclipse project, in terminal, navigate to jobs project, type this command :

mvn eclipse:eclipse

And import this project in your Eclipse IDE.

To import the project into Eclipse IDE, select File -> Import… -> General->Existing Projects into Workspace

C. Build & Test Java Project using Maven

Open command console, go the project directory and execute the following mvn command.

$ mvn clean package

Maven will start building the project.

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]                                                                         
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building jobs 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) @ jobs ---
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ jobs ---
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /opt/dev/workspace/jobs/src/main/resources
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) @ jobs ---
[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[WARNING] File encoding has not been set, using platform encoding UTF-8, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] Compiling 1 source file to /opt/dev/workspace/jobs/target/classes
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) @ jobs ---
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /opt/dev/workspace/jobs/src/test/resources
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ jobs ---
[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[WARNING] File encoding has not been set, using platform encoding UTF-8, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] Compiling 1 source file to /opt/dev/workspace/jobs/target/test-classes
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) @ jobs ---
[INFO] Surefire report directory: /opt/dev/workspace/jobs/target/surefire-reports
-------------------------------------------------------
 T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
Running com.jobs.AppTest
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.007 sec

Results :

Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0

[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:2.4:jar (default-jar) @ jobs ---
[INFO] Building jar: /opt/dev/workspace/jobs/target/jobs-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 13.311 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-02-26T18:07:05+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 19M/308M
[INFO] ---------------------------- --------------------------------------------

Now open command console, go the jobs/target/classes directory and execute the following java command.

$ java com.jobs.App 
Hello World!

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