Working with the Maven POM

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The Project Object Model (POM) is the basic unit of work in Maven. The POM is described in the pom.xml XML file and contains project and configuration details, such as the artifact coordinates, project dependencies and build profiles that Maven uses to execute goals and build the project.

For more information about POM elements, see the following pages on the Maven site:

When you use the New Project wizard to create an artifact, the IDE automatically generates pom.xml and adds the artifact details. Open pom.xml in the XML editor to edit the file. The following features are available in the XML editor to help you edit pom.xml.

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About Working with Maven
Editing an XML Document
Managing Maven Project Dependencies

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