Reference Documentation

This document provides an overview of the various documents available in the reference section of the Maven documentation. The documents presented here are references, if you are looking for more verbose usage material, please refer to the Getting Started section.

Overview of the Reference Documentation

DocumentDescription
Project Descriptor The document describing what a Project Descriptor should look like.
User Guide The Maven User Guide is intended to help users get acquainted with Maven by providing thorough descriptions and examples.
Plugin Documentation Maven makes extensive use of plugins to provide functionality. This is a listing of the plugins with links to their documentation.
FAQThe answers to your frequently asked questions, including where to get more information.
Maven Wiki The Maven Wiki contains up to the minute information about the development of Maven, and helpful information for users.
Project Layout The document describing the recommended way of laying out a project's directory structure.
Ant Guide The Ant Guide is intended to help Ant users migrate to Maven, and to answer common practical questions.
Developer Documentation The Maven Developer Guide is intended to help developers get acquainted with Maven's internals.