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>https://m2.objectdb.com</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
   <groupId>com.objectdb</groupId>
   <artifactId>objectdb</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.1</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
    <artifactId>javax.persistence</artifactId>
    <version>2.1.0</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
    <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
    <version>1.1</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>
  <pluginManagement>
   <plugins>
    <plugin>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
     <configuration>
      <source>1.7</source>
      <target>1.7</target>
     </configuration>
    </plugin>
    <plugin>
     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>1.2</version>
     <executions>
      <execution>
       <id>enhance</id>
       <phase>process-classes</phase>
       <goals>
        <goal>java</goal>
       </goals>
       <configuration>
        <mainClass>com.objectdb.Enhancer</mainClass>
        <arguments>
         <argument>guest.Guest</argument>
        </arguments>
       </configuration>
      </execution>
     </executions>
    </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>
  </pluginManagement>
  <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.