July 2012
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
16h 42m
English
This appendix covers sections of the pom.xml file that builds the java7developer project discussed in chapter 12. This appendix expands on the contents of the important parts of the pom.xml file, so you can understand the full build. Basic project information (section 12.1) and profiles (listing 12.4) are covered adequately in chapter 12, so we’ll look at these two sections of the POM here:
We’ll begin with the longest section, the build configuration.
The build section contains the plugins and their configuration, which you need in order to execute the Maven build lifecycle goals. For many projects, this section is quite small, because ...