how to proxy with apache maven

Maven local settings
C:\Users\jupiter\.m2

Maven Global settings
C:\apache-maven\conf


Copy  C:\apache-maven\conf\settings into C:\Users\jupiter\.m2

Edit and add in settings.xml

  <!-- proxies
   | This is a list of proxies which can be used on this machine to connect to the network.
   | Unless otherwise specified (by system property or command-line switch), the first proxy
   | specification in this list marked as active will be used.
   |-->
  <proxies>
    <proxy>
      <id>optional</id>
      <active>true</active>
      <protocol>http</protocol>
      <host>x.x.x.x</host>
      <port>8080</port>
   </proxy>
  
  </proxies>

working with properties in pom.xml

 pom.xml file

<!-- organizing properties for grouping purposes -->
    <properties>
        <spring.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
    </properties>


<dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.security.version}</version>
        </dependency>

how to Versions Maven Plugin

Versions Maven Plugin
The Versions Plugin is used when you want to manage the versions of artifacts in a project's POM


pom.xml, right click
Run As -> Maven build...
Goals:versions:display-plugin-updates


versions:display-plugin-updates
Displays all plugins that have newer versions available.

[INFO] Require Maven 2.0.1 to use the following plugin updates:
[INFO]   maven-war-plugin .............................................. 2.0.2
[INFO]
[INFO] Require Maven 2.0.2 to use the following plugin updates:
[INFO]   maven-site-plugin ........................................ 2.0-beta-7
[INFO]
[INFO] Require Maven 2.0.6 to use the following plugin updates:
[INFO]   maven-clean-plugin .............................................. 2.5
[INFO]   maven-deploy-plugin ........................................... 2.8.1
[INFO]   maven-install-plugin .......................................... 2.5.1
[INFO]   maven-resources-plugin .......................................... 2.6
[INFO]   maven-site-plugin ............................................. 2.0.1
[INFO]   maven-surefire-plugin ......................................... 2.4.3
[INFO]   maven-war-plugin ................................................ 2.4
[INFO]
[INFO] Require Maven 2.0.9 to use the following plugin updates:
[INFO]   maven-compiler-plugin ........................................... 3.1
[INFO]   maven-surefire-plugin .......................................... 2.17
[INFO]
[INFO] Require Maven 2.1.0 to use the following plugin updates:
[INFO]   maven-site-plugin ............................................. 2.1.1
[INFO]
[INFO] Require Maven 2.2.0 to use the following plugin updates:
[INFO]   maven-site-plugin ............................................... 3.0
[INFO]
[INFO] Require Maven 2.2.1 to use the following plugin updates:
[INFO]   maven-clean-plugin ............................................ 2.6.1
[INFO]   maven-compiler-plugin ........................................... 3.3
[INFO]   maven-deploy-plugin ........................................... 2.8.2
[INFO]   maven-install-plugin .......................................... 2.5.2
[INFO]   maven-resources-plugin .......................................... 2.7
[INFO]   maven-site-plugin ............................................... 3.4
[INFO]   maven-surefire-plugin ........................................ 2.18.1
[INFO]   maven-war-plugin ................................................ 2.6
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 04:11 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-04-10T21:01:09+02:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 9M/21M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------


versions:display-dependency-updates
scans a project's dependencies and produces a report of those dependencies which have newer versions available.

versions:use-latest-releases
searches the pom for all non-SNAPSHOT versions which have been a newer release and replaces them with the latest release version.

pom.xml, right click
Run As -> Maven build
choose run options

http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/index.html

how to update apache maven

installed maven version 3.1.0
update maven version is 3.3.1
maven.apache.org

rename apache-maven.bck
C:\Downloads\apache-maven

extract apache-maven-3.3.1-bin.zip
under
C:\Downloads\apache-maven

eclipse luna configuration
Windows > Preferences > Installations > Add
Installation home :C:\Downloads\apache-maven

Tick new maven config
Apply > OK

how to log4j configuration for spring

web.xml file

<!-- log4j config for spring -->

<context-param>

<param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>

<param-value>file:/C:/Users/jupiter/workspace/webapp4_custformdbbcryptcond2/src/main/resources/welcome/log4j.properties</param-value>

</context-param>

<listener>

<listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>

</listener>

log4j.properties file

# Root logger option

log4j.rootLogger=debug, file, stdout

#log4j.rootLogger=debug, stdout

# Direct log messages to a log file

log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender

log4j.appender.file.File=C:/logs/log.log

log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=1MB

log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=1

log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout

log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss} ----%5p---- # 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13153004/how-to-configure-logging-in-spring-mvc-web-application

 

how to define minimum maven version in pom.xml

<properties>
....

</properties>

 <prerequisites>
        <maven>2.2.1</maven>
    </prerequisites>

how to install j2ee

jdk-8u20-windows-x64

java_ee_sdk-7-windows-ml

eclipse-jee-luna-R-win32-x86_64

run command prompt

do not forget parantheses for jdk installation path

java_ee_sdk-7-windows-ml -j "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_20"