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Apache Maven
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| Apache Maven | |
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| Developer: | Apache Software Foundation |
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| Latest release: | 2.0.6 / March 31, 2007 |
| OS: | Cross-platform |
| Use: | Build Tool |
| License: | Apache 2.0 licence |
| Website: | maven.apache.org |
- For other uses of the word Maven see: Maven (disambiguation)
Maven is a software tool for Java programming language project management and automated software build. It is similar in functionality to the Apache Ant tool (and to a lesser extent, PHP's PEAR and Perl's CPAN), but has a simpler build configuration model, based on an XML format. Maven is hosted by the Apache Software Foundation, where it was formerly part of the Jakarta Project.
Maven uses a construct known as a Project Object Model (POM) to describe the software project being built, its dependencies on other external modules and components, and the build order. It comes with pre-defined targets for performing certain well defined tasks such as compilation of code and its packaging.
A key feature of Maven is that it is network-ready. The core engine can dynamically download plugins from a repository, the same repository that provides access to many versions of different Open Source Java projects, from Apache and other organisations and developers. This repository and its reorganized successor, the Maven 2 repository, strives to be the de facto distribution mechanism for Java applications, but its adoption has been slow. Maven provides built in support not just for retrieving files from this repository, but to upload artifacts at the end of the build. A local cache of downloaded artifacts acts as the primary means of synchronizing the output of projects on a local system.
By the way, the main problem with Maven repository is that most of its artifacts are out of date. Thus, one has to install the up-to-date artifacts by hand into his/her local repository, which is a tiresome chore.
- Apache Continuum, a continous integration server which integrates tightly with Maven
- Maven 1.x Home Page
- Maven 2 Home Page
- Maven plugins
- Maven 2 codehaus tutorial
- Maven 2 tutorial on java.net
- Free Maven2 Book
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| Top level Projects | Apache HTTP Server • ActiveMQ • Ant • APR • Beehive • Cayenne • Cocoon • Directory • Excalibur • Forrest • Geronimo • Gump • iBATIS • Jackrabbit • James • Lenya • Maven • Mina • MyFaces • OFBiz • mod_perl • SpamAssassin • Struts • Tcl • Tomcat • Axis • Axis2 • WSIF • XMLBeans • Tapestry • HiveMind • WebWork 2 • Harmony • Velocity • Santuario • Shale |
| Apache Jakarta Project | BCEL • BSF • Cactus • Commons • ECS • HttpComponents • JCS • JMeter • ORO • POI • Regexp • Slide • Taglibs • Turbine |
| Apache DB | Derby • Torque • DdlUtils • OJB • JDO |
| Apache Portals | Jetspeed 1 • Jetspeed 2 • Graffito • Pluto • WSRP4J |
| Apache Lucene | Lucene Java • Nutch • Hadoop • Lucene4c • Lucy |
| Apache XML | AxKit • Xalan • Xerces |
| XML Graphics | Batik • FOP |
| Apache Logging | Log4j • Log4Cxx • Log4Perl • Log4PLSQL |
| Apache Incubator | XAP • River • OpenEJB • OpenJPA • ServiceMix • Wicket • Graffito • Tuscany • Log4Net • Roller • Felix • Abdera • CeltiXfire • FtpServer • Heraldry • Ivy • JuiCE • Kabuki • Lokahi • Lucene.Net • mod_ftp • NMaven • Ode • stdcxx • Woden • WSRP4J • Yoko • Log4PHP • WADI • Qpid • stdcxx • TripleSoup • UIMA • wadi |
| License: Apache License • Website: apache.org | |