Maven provides conventions and a standard directory layout for all of its projects. As discussed in Chapter 1, this standardization provides a uniform build interface, and it also makes it easy for developers to jump from one project to another. This chapter will explain the basics of a Maven project and thepom.xmlfile.
Basic Project Organization
The best way to understand Maven project structure is to look at one. Figure 4-1 illustrates a bare-bones Maven-based Java project.
Figure 4-1
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