What is the pom.xml?

The pom.xml is a configuration file which contains all the information about the project itself, its dependencies and plugins to add goals to the project.

Basic information

Dependencies

Remote servers

<repositories>
   <repository>
   <id>thirdparty</id>
   <url>http://www.meteo.unican.es/nexus/content/repositories/thirdparty</url>
   </repository>
</repositories>

Plugins