Bill of Materials

• External reference: https://www.baeldung.com/spring-maven-bom

Spring with Maven BOM | Baeldung

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Project Object Model (POM), can make use of a BOM or “Bill Of Materials”.

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Maven POM is an XML file that contains information and configurations (about the project) that are used by Maven to import dependencies and to build the project.

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A BOM is a special kind of POM that is used to control the versions of a project’s dependencies and provide a central place to define and update those versions.

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Simply put, Dependency Management is a mechanism to centralize the dependency information.

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we can put all dependency information in a shared POM file called BOM

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the BOM is a normal POM file with a dependencyManagement section where we can include all an artifact’s information and versions

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We can inherit from the parent

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We can also import the BOM.

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can inherit only a single parent

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import as many BOMs as we need

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   <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>baeldung</groupId>
                <artifactId>Baeldung-BOM</artifactId>
                <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>
</project>

Notes linking here

• best practices for structuring maven projects and modules
• maven dependency mechanism
• nomenclature (bill of materials)
• why git-commit-id-maven cannot be used with best practices of maven?

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