Spring Boot Initializr: Maven project or Maven POM?

Question

I want to set up a Spring Boot project using the Spring Initializr (https://start.spring.io) but I was wondering about the difference in the project type you can choose between: Maven Project or Maven POM?

What is exactly the difference between these two types?

Answer 1

Maven POM creates only the pom.xml file.

Maven Project creates the pom.xml file and a sample project including src folder:

> src:
    > main:
        > java:
            > com.example:
                Application.java
        > resources:
            application.properties
    > test:
        > java:
            > com.example:
                ApplicationTest.java
> pom.xml

Answer 2

Maven Project is the type which we use to create a common Spring Boot application. It seems Maven POM is for downloading build scripts only.