Maven Best Practices

Improve Maven POM configuration using industry-standard best practices.

What is covered in this Skill?

• Dependency management via <dependencyManagement> and BOMs
• Standard directory layout (src/main/java, src/test/java)
• Centralized plugin management
• Build profiles for environment-specific settings
• Readable POM structure with version properties
• Explicit repository declaration
• Version centralization
• Multi-module project structure with proper inheritance
• Cross-module version consistency
• Multi-module scope: After reading the root pom.xml, check for a <modules> section. If present, read every child module's pom.xml before making any recommendations.
• Check each child for hardcoded versions that duplicate parent <dependencyManagement>, redundant <pluginManagement> blocks, properties that should be centralized, and version drift across sibling modules.

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