Chapter 3. Maven Configuration

Maven maintains its configuration at three different levels: global, user, and project. This chapter discusses how to customize Maven configuration at all three levels for optimal use:

  • The global-level configuration is maintained at MAVEN_HOME/conf/settings.xml
  • The user-level configuration is maintained at USER_HOME/.m2/settings.xml
  • The project-level configuration is maintained at PROJECT_HOME/pom.xml

    Note

    The settings.xml file is the God of all Maven configurations. The XML schema of the configuration elements defined in settings.xml is available at http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd. The following snippet shows a high-level outline of the settings.xml file:

    <settings> <localRepository/> <interactiveMode/> ...

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