In the previous chapters, configurations and architecture of Maven are covered. Maven Project chapter explains how to create a project using Maven.

While creating any project, users should create an archetype first. An archetype is a tool used to create other things of the same kind. So, initially create archetype plug-in. For that, the user should create a folder in any drive(here D:MavenProject is taken) and enter the below command in command prompt and click on enter. [c]mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.java.samples -DartifactId=JavaSamples -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false[/c] Then following will be initiated.

The following window appears asking for inputs such as Choose a number or apply filter (format: [groupId:]artifactId, case sensitive contains): 725: 725 (Enter 725 as shown) Finally when entered, the following output appears. A JavaSamples folder will be created. The following structure appears when an user imports the project in Eclipse. Below mentioned AppTest.java file can be seen under src/test/java. [java] package com.java.samples; 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 ); } } [/java] In the above code, Rigourous test will be automatically generated when the java project is created. This method normally returns TRUE. One can also add other new packages if required.

Compile and build the project. To build a project, go to root folder in command prompt and enter mvn package. The following phases will be executed. Validate Phase Compile Phase Test Phase