Maven Commands

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This page gives you all the useful maven commands used in maven applications.
I will daily use these maven commands in my project work so here I am sharing a maven cheat sheet with all maven commands. 

1. Create project

Create Java project with below maven command:

mvn archetype:generate
-DgroupId=org.yourcompany.project
-DartifactId=application

Create web project with below maven command:

mvn archetype:generate
-DgroupId=org.yourcompany.project
-DartifactId=application
-DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp

Create archetype from existing project

mvn archetype:create-from-project

2. Main phases

  • clean — delete target directory
  • validate — validate, if the project is correct
  • compile — compile source code, classes stored in target/classes
  • test — run tests
  • package — take the compiled code and package it in its distributable format, e.g. JAR, WAR
  • verify — run any checks to verify the package is valid and meets quality criteria
  • install — install the package into the local repository
  • deploy — copies the final package to the remote repository

3. Maven phase commands(Project Build Commands)

clean project: This command will delete target directory
mvn clean
validate project: validate the project is correct and all necessary information is available
mvn validate
compile project: compile source code, classes stored in target/classes
mvn compile
test project: run tests using a suitable unit testing framework
mvn test
package project: take the compiled code and package it in its distributable format, such as a JAR /WAR
mvn package
verify project: run any checks to verify the package is valid and meets quality criteria
mvn verify
install project: install the package into the local repository, for use as a dependency in other projects locally
mvn install
deploy project: done in an integration or release environment, copies the final package to the remote repository for sharing with other developers and projects
mvn deploy

4. Skip running tests

Compiles the tests, but skips running them.
mvn install -DskipTests=true
Skips compiling the tests and does not run them.
mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip=true

5. Project Site Generation

Generate site without tests reports (tests are not executed):
mvn site:site
Generate site with unit tests reports:
mvn test site:site

Generate site with unit and integration tests reports:

mvn verify site:site

6. Code quality analysis

Analyse code quality with Sonar:
mvn clean install -DskipTests=true
mvn sonar:sonar
Read Sonar configuration guide.

7. Code coverage reporting

Notice:
It is much more feasible to generate code coverage reports directly from IDE than from Maven. Write test, write code, run coverage for separated test, and check that all important branches are covered.
Generate Clover reports for unit tests:
mvn clover2:setup test clover2:aggregate clover2:clover
Generate clover reports for unit and integration tests:
mvn clover2:setup verify clover2:aggregate clover2:clover
Read Clover configuration guide.

8. Dependency Management

Check dependencies for newer versions:
mvn versions:display-dependency-updates
Check plugins for newer versions:
mvn versions:display-plugin-updates
Check for newer versions defined as properties:
mvn versions:display-property-updates
Display project dependencies:
mvn dependency:tree
Analyze project dependencies:
mvn dependency:analyze

9. Getting Help

Display effective Maven settings:
mvn help:effective-settings
Display effective POM:
mvn help:effective-pom
Display all profiles (from settings.xml and POMs hierarchy):
mvn help:active-profiles
Display plugin goals (for m-compiler-p in the example below):
mvn compiler:help
Display plugin's goal description (for goal compile in m-compiler-p in the example below):
mvn compiler:help -Dgoal=compile -Ddetail
Help plugin — used to get relative information about a project or the system.
  • mvn help:describe describes the attributes of a plugin
  • mvn help:effective-pom displays the effective POM as an XML for the current build, with the active profiles factored in. Dependency plugin — provides the capability to manipulate artifacts.
  • mvn dependency:analyze analyzes the dependencies of this project
  • mvn dependency:tree prints a tree of dependencies Compiler plugin — compiles your java code. Set language level with the following configuration:
<plugin>
 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>3.6.1</version>
      <configuration>
          <source>1.8</source>
          <target>1.8</target>
      </configuration>
</plugin>

10. Useful Maven Plugins

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