Question

I was looking at some open source projects and noticed they have a setup like:

/app1/pom.xml
/app1/app1-mod1/pom.xml
/app1/app1-mod2/pom.xml
/app1/app1-mod3/pom.xml

So there is a master pom, and then all the modules have pom.xml also.

So in my situation I have the following:

1. spring mvc application
2. spring mvc application
3. shared model/db layer

So I guess I should be following the multiple pom.xml setup?

If yes, how will I get #3 to build before #2 and #1.

Should I be dropping down to ant to perform the actual build?

Any tutorials that you guys know of to walk me through this process?

I’m coding in IntelliJ.

Answer 1

Maven will calculated the dependencies by itself it you setup your POMs so that
module #1 and #2 both depend on #3 maven will build #3 first without any additional configuration required.

The layout you use (multi module) is also required for the release plugin.

See also A Multi-module Project