How to create an empty multi module Maven project?

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Right now I usually find a pom.xml file on the web that has a pom packaging and copy and paste it to create my parent project. Then I used to run archetype:create inside the parent directory to create sub modules but archetype:create has become deprecated since then.

Any recommendations on how to create new Maven multi-module projects?

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Here is a screencast on how you could do it with Intellij Idea. First, start a new project (File -> New Project), choose 'Maven Module':

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Type in a name, click next, don't change anything else in the following steps, click finish.

Now in your pom.xml type <packaging> and enable auto-updates:

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Type in modules:

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Place your cursor at m1 and press Alt+Enter.

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Module m1 will be automatically added to your project. Now you can do Alt+Enter for m2 and that's it.

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You can also start by adding pom.xml for an existing module of your project: right click on it in the project tree, 'Add Framework Support...', choose 'Maven'. This will create a pom.xml.

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