What are the element defined in pom.xml ?

pom.xml elements

• project : Root element
• modelVersion : Set to 4.0.0
• groupId : ID for project group
• artifactId : Project / Artifact Id
• version : Project version under given group

• packaging : Packaging type - jar / war / ...
• name : Name of maven project
• url : Project URL

• dependencies : Dependencies of the project
• dependency : A dependency under dependencies element
• groupId, artifactId, version
• scope : Scope of Maven project :
               compiled / provided / runtime / system / test

Example
<project ...>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.shaan.project</groupId>
  <artifactId>myapp</artifactId>

  <version>1.0</version>

  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>My sample App</name>

  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <dependencies>

     <dependency>

          <groupId>junit</groupId>  

          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>  

          <version>4.2.2</version>  

          <scope>test</scope>

     </dependency>

     ...

  </dependencies>  

  ...

</project>