How to Create a Java Project with Maven in Eclipse
August 22, 2013
1. Install Maven in your Window Click Here
2. Install Maven in eclipse Click Here
3. In eclipse we will create a simple java project for demo. I have created a java project named as JavaProject in my eclipse. There is a class TestLogger.java . In our demo , there will be a apache logger to print the a message.
TestLogger.java
package com.concretepage;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
public class TestLogger {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(TestLogger.class);
logger.info("Hello World!");
}
}
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>com.concretepage.app</groupId>
<artifactId>commonapp</artifactId>
<version> 1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Java App with Maven</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.17</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
log4j.properties
log4j.rootLogger = DEBUG, A # Set the appender named A to be a File appender log4j.appender.A=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender # Define the layout for A appender log4j.appender.A.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A.layout.conversionPattern=%m%n
7. Configure project .classpath for new downloaded jar by pom.xml Maven does this by a command. Go to project directory and run command
mvn eclipse:eclipse
9. Find the package structure in eclipse.
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