Maven notes

<!-- user defined properties in the pom.xml -->

 <properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
  <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
</properties>

<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>${log4j.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.7.7</version>

</dependency>
</dependencies>

<build>

<plugins>

<!-- specify java version  -->

<plugin>

<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

<version>3.5.1</version>

<configuration>

<source>${jdk.version}</source>

<target>${jdk.version}</target>

</configuration>

</plugin>

<!--download sources and javadocs -->

<plugin>

<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>

<configuration>

<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>

<downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>

</configuration>

</plugin>

<!-- create manifest file-->

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>hr.samara.mock.StartService</mainClass>
<classpathPrefix>dependency-jars/</classpathPrefix>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>

<!-- copy dependency jars to dependency-jars folder-->

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/dependency-jars/</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

</plugins>

<pluginManagement>
<plugins>

<!-- Ignore/Execute plugin execution -->

<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<!-- copy-dependency plugin -->
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>

</build>

Install jar file to local repository

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=./mariadb-java-client-1.1.5.jar -DgroupId=org.mariadb.jdbc -DartifactId=mariadb-java-client -Dversion=1.1.5 -Dpackaging=jar

Resolving OutOfMemory Error

export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"

Ref: http://charithaka.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-avoid-outofmemory-error-when.html

Displays all dependencies that have newer versions available

$ mvn versions:display-dependency-updates


Ref:

how to create jar file with maven
what is pluginmanagement tag
instrict m2e to ignore plugin
Maven Properties guide