The Maven pom file

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>me.jeffli</groupId>
   <artifactId>avrosamples</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>0.99</version>
   <name>avrosamples</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <dependencies>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
         <version>1.7.5</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
         <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
         <version>6.8.8</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
      <plugins>
         <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
            <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.5</version>
            <executions>
               <execution>
                  <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                  <goals>
                     <goal>schema</goal>
                  </goals>
                  <configuration>
                     <!-- make sure the directory is created -->
                     <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/avro/</sourceDirectory>
                     <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java/</outputDirectory>
                  </configuration>
               </execution>
            </executions>
         </plugin>
      </plugins>
   </build>
</project>