Create pom.xml file

Question

Could anayone give me some sugestions on how to create a pom.xml file for a multimodules project, that is build with ant? I need to create this pom.xml file in order to analyze the project with Sonar.

Answer 1

I suggest to follow the instructions from the Sonar documentation. See Analyzing Java Projects:

Project with multiple sources directories

If your non-maven project contains more than one sources directory, you can specify which sources directories to analyse by adding a new section about the Build Helper Maven Plugin into your pom.xml file :

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>[YOUR.ORGANIZATION]</groupId>
  <artifactId>[YOUR.PROJECT]</artifactId>
  <name>[YOUR PROJECT NAME]</name>
  <version>[YOUR PROJECT VERSION]</version>
  <build>
        <sourceDirectory>[YOUR SOURCE DIRECTORY]</sourceDirectory>
        <outputDirectory>[YOUR CLASSES/BIN DIRECTORY</outputDirectory>
        <plugins>
           <plugin>
              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
              <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
              <configuration>
                  <source>1.5</source>
                  <target>1.5</target>
                  <excludes>
                      <exclude>**/*.*</exclude>
                  </excludes>
              </configuration>
           </plugin>
           <plugin>
              <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
              <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
              <version>1.1</version>
              <executions>
                <execution>
                  <id>add-source</id>
                  <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                  <goals>
                      <goal>add-source</goal>
                  </goals>
                  <configuration>
                      <sources>
                          <source>[YOUR SOURCE DIRECTORY 2]</source>
                          <source>[YOUR SOURCE DIRECTORY 3]</source>
                      </sources>
                  </configuration>
                </execution>
              </executions>
           </plugin>
        </plugins>
  </build>
  <properties>
        <sonar.dynamicAnalysis>false</sonar.dynamicAnalysis>
        <sonar.phase>generate-sources</sonar.phase>
  </properties>
</project>

• Replace the parameters :

  ...

• And execute the maven2 plugin as explained in the installation guide :

  mvn sonar:sonar