While we want to modularise our maven file to avoid repetition, sometimes it’s necessary to provide specific variations for child modules. Here we explain how the various tiers of a maven file can be combined.

In a Maven multi-module project, the effective POM is the result of merging all configurations defined within a module and its parents.

In order to avoid redundancies and duplication between modules, we often keep common configurations in the shared parent. However, there can be a challenge if we need to have a custom configuration for a child module without impacting all its siblings.

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to override the parent plugin configuration.

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