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Step 1: Create a Maven Web Project

We start by creating a new Maven web project in NetBeans:

  • Open the [New Project] dialog box, e.g. by using File > New Project...
  • Select Maven > Maven Web Application and click Next.
  • Choose a Project Name (e.g. Guestbook) and select Java EE 5.
  • Enter Maven Group Id (e.g. com.objectdb.tutorial.spring).
  • Enter Maven Version (e.g. 1.0) and Package (guest).
  • Click the Finish button to create the project.

The configuration of the new created project is contained in a pom.xml file that was created under Project Files in the [Project] window:

To add dependency on the Spring MVC Framework and ObjectDB and to automatically download the required JAR files from Maven repositories - open the pom.xml file and use copy and paste to replace its content with the following settings:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
  http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.objectdb.tutorial.spring</groupId>
    <artifactId>Guestbook</artifactId>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <name>Guestbook</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties> 
 
    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>objectdb</id>
            <name>ObjectDB Repository</name>
            <url>http://m2.objectdb.com</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
 
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.objectdb</groupId>
            <artifactId>objectdb</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.4</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.5</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
            <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.1</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>
            <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
            <version>1.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>cglib</groupId>
            <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
            <version>2.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
            <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
            <version>1.6.10</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.3.2</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.5</source>
                    <target>1.5</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>6.1.10</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds>
                     <stopKey>foo</stopKey>
                     <stopPort>9999</stopPort>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>start-jetty</id>
                         <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <scanIntervalSeconds>0</scanIntervalSeconds>
                             <daemon>true</daemon>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                     <execution>
                         <id>stop-jetty</id>
                             <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
                             <goals>
                                 <goal>stop</goal>
                             </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
        <finalName>Guestbook</finalName>
    </build>
 
</project>

Now you should have a Maven based NetBeans web project with Spring MVC Framework and ObjectDB/JPA support.

The next step is creating a JPA Entity class.