4.2. Configure Maven

Apache Maven is a distributed build automation tool used in Java application development to create, manage, and build software projects. Maven uses standard configuration files called Project Object Model, or POM, files to define projects and manage the build process. POMs describe the module and component dependencies, build order, and targets for the resulting project packaging and output using an XML file. This ensures that the project is built in a correct and uniform manner.

Maven achieves this by using a repository. A Maven repository stores Java libraries, plug-ins, and other build artifacts. The default public repository is the Maven 2 Central Repository, but repositories can be private and internal within a company with a goal to share common artifacts among development teams. Repositories are also available from third-parties. JBoss EAP includes a Maven repository that contains many of the requirements that Java EE developers typically use to build applications on JBoss EAP.

For more information about Maven, see Welcome to Apache Maven.

For more information about Maven repositories, see Apache Maven Project - Introduction to Repositories.

For more information about how to use Maven in JBoss EAP, see the chapter entitled Maven Guide in the Development Guide for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform located on the Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/.