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module management in Maven.
A multi-module project is defined by a parent POM referencing one or more sub-modules. The mechanism in Maven that handles multi-module projects is referred to as the reactor.
A parent project with pom packaging does not have any resources, it is just a build file, that can be installed/deployed as an artifact.
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Structure
The parent POM (also called the top-level POM)
<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>net.bytle</groupId>
<artifactId>bytle-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>Multi Module Parent Project</name>
<modules>
<module>client</module>
<module>application</module>
<module>web-app</module>
</modules>
<!--Global Element such as dependency-->
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
where:
- groupid, artifactid, version are the project Id
- the pom packaging indicates that this is a parent PO
- Each sub-module is represented by a sub-directory in the same directory as pom.xml
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