If you are a Maven user then you must know that you need a Java installed to run Maven. It requires the Java home being set up in environment variables before executing any Maven command. As Java has advanced through Java 5, Java 6 and waiting for Java 7, it is expected that all frameworks dependent on Java should also advance the compatibility. Maven’s new version – 2.2.0 is in line with this principle. It has offered compatibility with Java 1.5 (Java 5) and later but also it has removed …

Maven brought a major change in build process of a project. Prior to Maven, we enjoyed freedom of project structure and library location etc. But maven has taken the JEE project structure contract to next level. It has solved many problems from a project deployment e.g. control over project library, simple xml based definition of dependencies, creation of project structure that can be directly imported in standard libraries. In this article, I am expecting readers to be aware of maven technology and how the maven builds work.
Prior to maven 2.1, …