Pom detallado sencillo y sin dependencias de ejemplo.

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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.xixo.testing</groupId>
  <artifactId>simple-maven-project-for-all-testing</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>Simple Maven Project for Testing</name>
  <description>Testing all question</description>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
    </properties>

  <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.8.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.8</source>
                    <target>1.8</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
    
    <dependencies>
<!-- 		<dependency> -->
<!-- 			<groupId></groupId> -->
<!-- 			<artifactId></artifactId> -->
<!-- 			<version></version> -->
<!-- 			<scope></scope> -->
<!-- 		</dependency> -->
	</dependencies>
</project>

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