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Q1. Where do we configure repositories in Maven ?

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Ans. Within settings.xml in either MAVEN_HOME or .M2 directory.

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Q2. What are different type of repositories in Maven ?

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Ans. Local and Remote.

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Q3. How does Maven looks for a resource ?

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Ans. It refers to the settings.xml to look for the repositories to look for the resource. First It looks into the configured local repository, then it looks into the configured Remote repositories. If the resource is still not found , it looks it within maven repository central i.e repo1.maven.org. If its still not found, it throws the exception saying "Unable to find resource in repository central".

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Q4. What is repository central ?

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Ans. Its the repository provided by Maven. In case your POM specify the dependencies and its not available in the configured local and the remote repository. It then looks for the resource in Maven Central. Maven provides most of the generic dependency resources at this remote location.

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Q5. Have you ever had problem getting your projects in eclipse refreshed after you made changes in the Pom files ?

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Ans. Yes, It happens many times but I would usually perform mvn eclipse:eclipse and this would resolve the project refresh problems.

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Q6. How can we see Dependencies for the project and where exactly they are defined ?

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Ans. Using

mvn dependency:tree

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Q7. What are the benefits of transitive depency in Maven ?

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Ans. Transitive dependencies allows to avoid specifying the libraries that are required by the project which are specified in other dependent projects - Remote or Local.

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Q8. Which of following is not type of Maven Repository ?

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a. Local

b. Remote

c. Central

d. State

Ans.d. State

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