Maven build

Maven's pom.xml build file contains the description that would allow the REST sample service code to compile, build, and execute. It packages the executable code inside a JAR file. We can choose one of the following options to execute the packaged executable JAR file:

• Running the Maven tool
• Executing with the Java command

The following sections will cover them in detail.

Running the Maven build from IDE

All popular IDEs, such as Eclipse, Netbeans, and IntelliJ IDEA, support Java 11 and Spring. You can use any of the preferred IDEs having Java 11 support.

Here, we use the Maven executable to package the generated JAR file. The steps for this are as follows:

1. Right-click on the pom.xml file for Eclipse/NetBeans...