Maven build life cycle is divided into build phases, and the build phases are divided into build goals.
Maven Build Phase:
A phase represents a stage in life cycle. The build phases are subdivided into goals.
Maven Build Goal:
Build goals are the finest steps in the Maven build process which represents a specific task. A goal can be bound to none, one or more build phases. If a goal is not bound to any build phase, we can only execute it by passing the goals name to the mvn command.
Maven Build Lifecycle Phases:
|prepare-resources||This phase is used to can be customize the resource copying.|
|validate||Validate the project is correct and all necessary information is available.|
|compile||It compiles the source code of the project.|
|Test||Tests the compiled source code using a suitable testing framework.|
|package||This phase take the compiled code and creates the JAR/WAR package as mentioned in the packaging in POM.xml.|
|install||This phase installs the package in local maven repository.|
|Deploy||This phase copies the final package to the remote repository.|
Build Life Cycles:
Maven has following 3 built-in build life cycles: