Create Java project using maven

Here we will create a project using maven template and import the project in eclipse.

Technology used

Java 18.0.1.1 2022-04-22
Apache Maven 4.0.0-alpha-3
OS: MacOS Monterey (M1)
Eclipse IDE

Create project

Using maven we will generate the project using archetype = maven-archetype-quickstart. archetype is predefined templates. And then we will generate the eclipse related config files so that the generate project can be imported in eclipse.

Console : Command

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.project -DartifactId=java-module-project -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false

Console : Output

$ mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.project -DartifactId=java-module-project -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] 
[INFO] -----------------------------------------< org.apache.maven:standalone-pom >-----------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------[ pom ]-------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- archetype:3.2.1:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
[INFO] Generating project in Batch mode
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Using following parameters for creating project from Old (1.x) Archetype: maven-archetype-quickstart:1.0
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /Users/sbhome
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.project
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.project
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: java-module-project
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: com.project
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] project created from Old (1.x) Archetype in dir: /Users/sbhome/java-module-project
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  6.667 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-02-07T22:46:00-08:00
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Terminal:: $

After the maven command execution is complete it will create the project folder java-module-project. Next move inside the folder (cd java-module-project)

Console : Command

cd java-module-project

Create Eclipse Project

Console : Command

mvn eclipse:eclipse

Console : Output

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] 
[INFO] -----------------------------------------< com.project:java-module-project >-----------------------------------------
[INFO] Building java-module-project 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO]   from pom.xml
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------[ jar ]-------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- eclipse:2.10:eclipse (default-cli) @ java-module-project ---
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.wagon:wagon-http-lightweight:jar:1.0-beta-6 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable verbose output (-X) for more details
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.wagon:wagon-http:jar:1.0-beta-6 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable verbose output (-X) for more details
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.wagon:wagon-webdav-jackrabbit:jar:1.0-beta-6 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable verbose output (-X) for more details
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.wagon:wagon-http-lightweight:jar:1.0-beta-2 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable verbose output (-X) for more details
[INFO] Using Eclipse Workspace: null
[INFO] Adding default classpath container: org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER
[INFO] Not writing settings - defaults suffice
[INFO] Wrote Eclipse project for "java-module-project" to /Users/sbhome/java-module-project.
[INFO] 
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  0.494 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-02-07T22:51:03-08:00
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Import Project in Eclipse

Project in Eclipse

POM file

pom.xml


<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.project</groupId>
  <artifactId>java-module-project</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>java-module-project</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

Build Project

Console : Command

mvn install

Console : Output

[INFO]  T E S T S
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Running com.project.AppTest
[INFO] Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.006 s - in com.project.AppTest
[INFO] 
[INFO] Results:
[INFO] 
[INFO] Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] 
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- jar:3.2.0:jar (default-jar) @ java-module-project ---
[INFO] Building jar: java-module-project-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- install:3.0.0-M1:install (default-install) @ java-module-project ---
[INFO] 
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS

Create Java project using maven