eclipse maven java project example

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Eclipse maven java project:

Eclipse provides m2eclipse plugin to integrate Maven and Eclipse together.

Steps to create maven java project in eclipse:

  1. In eclipse, click on File menu → New → Maven Project. Select maven-archetype-quickstart template to create java project and Click on Next button.
  2. Now provide the group Id, artifact Id and Package. Click on Finish button. Complete directory structure and all files like Java file, pom.xml file, test case file etc will be created automatically.

Directory structure of the maven java project:

Auto created App.java:

package com.w3schools;
 
/**
 * Hello world!
 *
 */
public class App 
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
    }
}

Auto created AppTest.java:

package com.w3schools;
 
import junit.framework.Test;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.framework.TestSuite;
 
/**
 * Unit test for simple App.
 */
public class AppTest 
    extends TestCase
{
    /**
     * Create the test case
     *
     * @param testName name of the test case
     */
    public AppTest( String testName )
    {
        super( testName );
    }
 
    /**
     * @return the suite of tests being tested
     */
    public static Test suite()
    {
        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
    }
 
    /**
     * Rigourous Test :-)
     */
    public void testApp()
    {
        assertTrue( true );
    }
}

Auto created 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>w3schools</groupId>
  <artifactId>MavenHelloWorld</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
  <name>MavenHelloWorld</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
  <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>
 
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>