Apache Maven POM - Project Object Model POM Inheritance
Example
Inheritance is the biggest asset of the POM, where the following can be managed from super POM to child POM.
- dependencies
- developers and contributors
- plugin lists (including reports)
- plugin executions with matching ids
- plugin configuration
The following enables the inheritance
<parent>
<groupId>com.sample</groupId>
<artifactId>sample-app-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</parent>
POM structure looks like
<project>
<parent>
<groupId>com.sample</groupId>
<artifactId>sample-app-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.sample</groupId>
<artifactId>sample-app</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</project>
