By default, code assist in editing a pom.xml is NOT supported in Eclipse IDE. It make Maven project hard to maintain, and who will remember who all those tags? Solution You need a pom.xml Maven editor, which is available in m2eclipse plugin. In Eclipse, menu, select “Help” -> “Install New Software”, and put following m2eclipse …
If you want to include a library dependency in “pom.xml” file, you have to define the “Maven coordinate” <!– MySQL database driver –> <dependency> <groupId>mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId> <version>5.1.9</version> </dependency> However, one of the annoying problem of this is you do not know what’s the Maven coordinate details – group id, artifactId and etc. Many Java developers …