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This is the first article in this series about Apache Maven 4. Currently Apache Maven 4 is in alpha state (alpha-13). You can already download it and of course use it (I recommend to test things to see, if something strange happens. If you find problems, please report them) but I would not recommend to use it …

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If you take a look into JDK-22, you will find a very interesting thing, which is called 461: Stream Gatherers (Preview). Those Gatherers are a way to enhance the Stream API, which is existing in the JDK since 2014 (JDK 8). The collectors have been enhanced over the time (You can look up the differences via …

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In general having a number of unit- and integration tests in your project (BTW: I hope you have a larger number of tests) is a good thing. Afterwards the question arises: Are those tests enough? Have I covered all possible cases? Now the idea of code coverage comes into my mind. That is a way to check which …

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I have access to the download statistics of some projects in Maven Central. That means I can take a look how many times Apache Maven has been downloaded etc. So I wanted to know some more details based on my role as Apache Maven Chairman and PMC member. So the first thing I've done, was to download for each …

Sometimes you want to play around with those new fancy features of JDK21 (or even newer JDK's) like preview features and maybe some classes from the incubator.

So how can you configure your Maven build to support such a play lesson? It's easier than you think. Let's start the configuration. My assumption is that you …

You might be surprised that all of a sudden that some WARNINGs are being emitted by your Maven build (at the end; Starting with Maven 3.9.1 and 3.9.2) like the following:

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 2[INFO] Finished at: 2023-06-24T20:14:18+02:00
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I had the basic idea to install SonarQube on a server fully automatically. This is of course nothing new. I've set that challenge for me to level up my Ansible skills a bit and also get more details into the setup for a later step while going into a Kubernetes cluster setup.

In relation to that I've setting up a server …

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Surefire Plugin, version 3.0.0-M8.

The release contains 18 fixes and enhancements. Again we received contributions from the community in form of bug reports and bug fixes. Thank you and keep them coming!

You should specify the version in your …

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Dependecy Plugin, version 3.5.0.

The dependency plugin provides the capability to manipulate artifacts. It can copy and/or unpack artifacts from local or remote repositories to a specified location. …

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 3.2.1.

The Checkstyle Plugin generates a report regarding the code style used by the developers. For more information about Checkstyle, see https://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/.

You should specify the version in your …