Maven
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Is a Project Management Tool.
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Can be used for
- build
- dependency Management
- Releases
- Documentation
- Test Executions
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Maven prefers conventions over configurations
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Maven also works for Java Based Languages
- groovy
- Scala
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Maven uses a file called as pom.xml to define
- dependencies
- project information’s
- plugins
Installation
- Before installing maven ensure Java is installed
- Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install maven -y
Maven folder conventions
- Code: <projectdirectory>/src/main/java/
- Location of pom: <projectdirectory>/pom.xml
- Test: <projectdirectory>/src/test/java/
- Target Folder: <projectdirectory>/target
pom.xml
- POM (Project Object Model): is a xml which defines
- Project info
- Dependencies
- Plugins
- Profiles
Goals
- compile : compile the code
- test: compile the code + test the code
- package: test the code + package the application
- install: pushes the pom file and jar/war to ~/.m2
- deploy: pushes the pom file and jar/war to Remote/Central Repo
- clean: remove the target folder
Executing goals
- single goal execution
mvn compile
mvn test
- multi goals
mvn clean package
Maven Repository Architecture
Using Maven with Jenkins
- Install maven and ensure Jenkins User has access to maven
- In the build section of Free style project
- Execute Shell: directly execute the maven command
- Invoke Top level Maven Targets: Specify goals from here
