Notice the package goal executes compile, testCompile, and test goals before packaging the build. The output shows the location of the JAR file just before the “BUILD SUCCESS” message. Building jar: /Users/pankaj/Desktop/maven-examples/maven-example-jar/target/maven-example-jar-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar maven-jar-plugin:2.4:jar (default-jar) maven-example-jar. Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0 Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.005 sec Surefire report directory: /Users/pankaj/Desktop/maven-examples/maven-example-jar/target/surefire-reports maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) maven-example-jar. maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) maven-example-jar.

maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:compile (default-compile) maven-example-jar. This command builds the maven project and packages them into a JAR, WAR, etc. Compiling 1 source file to /Users/pankaj/Desktop/maven-examples/maven-example-jar/target/test-classes maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:testCompile (default-cli) maven-example-jar.

This command compiles the test classes of the maven project. Compiling 1 source file to /Users/pankaj/Desktop/maven-examples/maven-example-jar/target/classes Changes detected - recompiling the module! maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:compile (default-cli) maven-example-jar.

This command compiles the java source classes of the maven project. Deleting /Users/pankaj/Desktop/maven-examples/maven-example-jar/target maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) maven-example-jar. The command output relevant messages are shown below. This command cleans the maven project by deleting the target directory. We will use a sample Maven project to showcase the command output. Let’s look into some popular and must know maven commands. Maven provides a lot of commands and options to help us in our day to day tasks. Maven is the most popular project and dependency management tool for Java applications. If you are working on Java, you must know Maven.

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