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You can configure Apache Maven to publish packages to GitHub Packages and to use packages stored on GitHub Packages as dependencies in a Java project.

Generate a standard Maven project

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=example.com -DartifactId=github-maven-package-example -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DarchetypeVersion=1.4 -DinteractiveMode=false

mvn validate

mvn clean install

Edit pom.xml

Update properties

<properties>  
  <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>  
  <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>  
  <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>  
  <java.version>11</java.version>  
  
  <github.maven-plugin>0.12</github.maven-plugin>  
  <github.repository.owner>GITHUB_USERNAME</github.repository.owner>  
  <github.repository.name>GITHUB_REPO</github.repository.name>  
</properties>

Replacing <GITHUB_USERNAME> and <GITHUB_REPO> with real data

Add distributionManagement

<distributionManagement>  
  <repository>  
    <id>github</id>  
    <name>GitHub ${github.repository.owner} Apache Maven Packages</name>  
	<url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/${github.repository.owner}/${github.repository.name}</url>  
  </repository>  
</distributionManagement>

Update build

<build>  
  <pluginManagement>  
    <plugins>  
      <plugin>  
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>  
        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>  
        <version>3.6.0</version>  
        <configuration>  
          <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>  
        </configuration>  
      </plugin>  
      <plugin>  
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>  
        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>  
        <version>3.9.1</version>  
      </plugin>  
    </plugins>  
  </pluginManagement>  
  <plugins>  
    <plugin>  
      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>  
      <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>  
      <version>3.8.1</version>  
      <configuration>  
        <source>${java.version}</source>  
        <target>${java.version}</target>  
      </configuration>  
    </plugin>  
  
    <plugin>  
      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>  
      <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>  
      <version>3.0.0-M1</version>  
    </plugin>  
  </plugins>  
</build>

Add simple class User

public class User {  
  
    private String username;  
    private String password;  
  
    public User(String username, String password) {  
        this.username = username;  
        this.password = password;  
    }  
    
    public User() {  
    }  
    
    public String getUsername() {  
        return username;  
    }  
    
    public void setUsername(String username) {  
        this.username = username;  
    }  
    
    public String getPassword() {  
        return password;  
    }  
    
    public void setPassword(String password) {  
        this.password = password;  
    }  
    
    @Override  
    public boolean equals(Object o) {  
        if (this == o) return true;  
        if (!(o instanceof User)) return false;  
        User user = (User) o;  
        return getUsername().equals(user.getUsername()) && getPassword().equals(user.getPassword());  
    }  
    
    @Override  
    public int hashCode() {  
        return Objects.hash(getUsername(), getPassword());  
    }  
    
    @Override  
    public String toString() {  
        return "User{" +  
                "username='" + username + '\'' +  
                ", password='" + password + '\'' +  
                '}';  
    }
}

Let's make sure we didn't make a mistake and install the packages

mvn validate

mvn clean install

Preparing for deployment

Edit the file ~/.m2/settings.xml to prove to Github the seriousness of their intentions)

vim ~/.m2/settings.xml

<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">

  <activeProfiles>
    <activeProfile>github</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>github</id>
      <repositories>
        <repository>
          <id>central</id>
          <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
        </repository>
        <repository>
          <id>github</id>
          <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/<GITHUB_USERNAME>/<GITHUB_REPO></url>
          <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
          </snapshots>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
    </profile>
  </profiles>

  <servers>
    <server>
      <id>github</id>
      <username><GITHUB_USERNAME></username>
      <password><GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN></password>
    </server>
  </servers>
</settings>

Replace <GITHUB_USERNAME>, <GITHUB_REPO> and <GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN> with real data
You need an access token to publish, install, and delete private, internal, and public packages.

Deploy

Everything is simple here:

mvn deploy

Result

In your repository you can find such a charm:

<dependency>  
  <groupId>example.com</groupId>  
  <artifactId>github-maven-package-example</artifactId>  
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  
</dependency>

If the repository is public, then the dependency is available to everyone!

But if you did it in private, then on the device where you will use this dependency, you will need to configure the same ~/.m2/settings.xml file.

Good luck !)

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