Basic To Advanced Selenium Java Full Course - Session 5 - Maven Build Life Cycle, Phases & Plugins

What is Maven?
Build Automation tool for Java projects
It addresses 2 aspects of building software How software is built and
its dependencies
POM.xml file describes the software project being built, its
dependencies, build order, directories and plugins
It dynamically downloads Java libraries and Maven Plugins from Central
Repository and stores in a local repository
It is built around the central concept of Build lifecycle
Three built in build lifecycles:
Default lifecycle handles project deployment
Clean lifecycle handles project cleaning
Site lifecycle handles creation of project’s site documentation

Maven Build Phases
Each build lifecycle comprises of different build phases
Each build phase represents a stage in the lifecycle
Default lifecycle contains the following phases
Validate validates the project
Compile compile the source code
Test run unit tests
Package package the compile code into JAR
Verify run integration tests
Install install package into local repository
Deploy copy the final package to remote repository for sharing with
other projects

Maven Plugins
Build Phase is made up of Plugin Goals
A Plugin goal represents a specific task which contributes to building and managing a project
Example – Maven Surefire plugin is used to run unit tests. It can be invoked by calling the test phase of the build lifecycle (mvn test)