The parent Maven POM for ICGC DCC.

The DCC parent POM provides default configuration for Maven builds.

• Recommended/Default versions for the most commonly used Maven plugins
• Manifest configuration for the jar and assembly plugins
• Profiles for generating source jars, and enforcing a minimum versions of Java and Maven
• Distribution Management and other configuration for deploying

Start out by adding the parent configuration to your pom.

<parent>
  <groupId>org.icgc.dcc</groupId>
  <artifactId>dcc-parent</artifactId>
  <version>1</version>
</parent>

The pom includes properties which allow various build configuration to be customized. For example, to override the default version of the maven-compiler-plugin, just set a property.

<properties>
  <version.compiler.plugin>2.3</version.compiler.plugin>
</properties>

Or override the default Java compiler source and target level used in the build. Note the default level is 1.6.

<properties>
  <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
  <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
</properties>

The minimum version of Java or Maven required to run a build can also be set via properties.

<properties>
  <maven.min.version>3.0.3</maven.min.version>
  <jdk.min.version>1.6</jdk.min.version>
</properties>

For the full list of properties, refer to the POM itself.