Maven Root POM

Using this root pom as the parent of a project at io.sgr will do the following things:

• Inherit from the BasePOM Project
• Enable the release plugin to build a javadoc jar when releasing a project
• Apply some basic policy to the project

How to set it up

• IntelliJ IDEA code formatter: load the configuration file into the IDE.

How to use it

The Maven Root POM provides a common set of configurations for maven plugins to build Java projects. Most of the time, it should no longer be necessary to have any <plugin> or <pluginManagement> sections in the project POMs.

The pom is activated by adding it as parent to the project POM. Add the following snippet to the POM in the root of a project:

<parent>
    <groupId>io.sgr.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-base</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>

This should be enough for most projects that use JDK 1.8.

The policy overview contains more information about the policies set in the Maven root POM.