Getting Started with Maven | Maven Quick Start | Phase

Maven builds have a concept called the “Build Lifecycle,” and each lifecycle contains several “Phases.”

Lifecycle

Maven includes three lifecycles.

1. default: Handles project build and deployment.
2. clean: Handles project cleanup, such as deleting build resources.
3. site: Handles project site generation, including documentation.

This article focuses on phases in the default lifecycle.

Phases in the default Lifecycle

The main phases in the default lifecycle are as follows.

• validate
• compile
• test
• package
• verify
• install
• deploy

All phases are listed in the Lifecycle Reference.

mvn Command and Phases

In the Creating and Running a Project article, the following command was used to create a Jar file.

> mvn package

This runs the package phase of the default lifecycle, and the result is a generated Jar file.

Phase Execution Order

When the package phase is executed, previous phases such as validate, compile, and test are also executed.

To run tests, execute the following command.

$ mvn test

The phases before test, such as validate and compile, are also executed.

Running Multiple Phases

The mvn command can receive multiple phases as arguments.

$ mvn clean deploy

This command runs clean first, and then runs deploy.