However, before the Maven Release plugin can do its magic, you need to make sure you have everything it needs set up in your POM file. First of all, you need to be working with a SNAPSHOT release.

Maven is a high-level, intelligent project management, build and deployment tool from the Apache project. There is nothing that Maven does that Ant cannot do. Ant gives the ultimate power and ...

But the integration of an external Java JAR into a Maven build is a hassle, which is exactly why Maven Checkstyle Plugin exists. By simply including a Checkstyle goal as part of a Maven build, Java ...

With Maven 1, you have to declare each and every JAR that will be needed, directly or indirectly, by your application. For example, can you list the JARs needed by a Hibernate application?