The Maven POM: Every Java project that uses Maven has a POM (project object model) file in its root directory. The pom.xml describes the project’s dependencies and tells you how to build it.

Nexus repository manager tutorial So what are the steps a Maven user needs to follow to get started with the Nexus repository’s OSS version? The first thing you need to do is download Nexus.

Newer versions of Java now require all JAR files to be signed with a valid code-signing key, and starting with Java 7 Update 51, unsigned or self-signed applications are blocked from running.