maven-quickref.md

Basic commands

Run Maven from another directory:

 mvn -f tutorials/pom.xml clean verify

Run JAR application via exec-maven-plugin:

 mvn exec:java

Run Spring application:

  mvn clean spring-boot:run

Testing

• run unit tests

  mvn clean test
  

• run unit and integration tests

  mvn clean verify
  

• generate Surefire report

  mvn surefire-report:report-only
  

• generate both reports

  mvn surefire-report:report-only surefire-report:failsafe-report-only
  

• build projects without testing and generate sources

  mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean source:jar install
  

• build test artifacts

  mvn clean test-compile jar:test-jar install
  

Building

Generate console app

  mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.{group}.app -DartifactId={App Name} -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false

Build single jar app

1. update pom.xml - see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/574594/how-can-i-create-an-executable-jar-with-dependencies-using-maven

2. run

   mvn clean compile assembly:single
   

Download sources & javadoc

  mvn dependency:sources dependency:resolve -Dclassifier=javadoc

Dependencies

• Generate dependency tree

  mvn dependency:list | grep log4j
  mvn dependency:tree -Dverbose >dependency-tree.txt
  

• Generate effective pom

  mvn help:effective-pom
  

• Generate list of used plugins

  mvn help:effective-pom -Doutput=effective-pom.xml
  grep "<plugin>" -A 3 effective-pom.xml
  

JaCoCo - code coverage reports

Generate report

  mvn jacoco:report

Security - OWASP plugin

Generate report

  mvn dependency-check:aggregate

JavaDoc

Generate JavaDoc documentation:

  mvn javadoc:javadoc

See also:

• https://dzone.com/articles/owasp-dependency-check-maven-plugin-a-must-have
• https://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/dependency-check-maven/index.html