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Maven build expertise for this multi-module Java project. Use when working with pom.xml files, managing dependencies, running builds or tests for specific modules, configuring or troubleshooting plugins (surefire, jacoco, shade, spotless, pitest, owasp), regenerating OpenAPI sources, building the JMH benchmark JAR, or releasing to Maven Central.

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Maven Multi-Module Build

This project is a Maven multi-module build. The root pom.xml is the parent; all dependency versions and plugin versions are declared there as properties.

Module Names (for `-pl`)

`-pl` value	Description
`api`	Public interfaces and data model
`points`	Free-space point tracking
`core`	Packager algorithm implementations
`test`	Shared test utilities
`jmh`	JMH benchmark suite
`open-api/open-api-model`	Generated Jackson model
`open-api/open-api-server`	Generated Spring server stubs
`open-api/open-api-client`	Generated Apache HttpClient 5 stubs
`open-api/open-api-test`	Shared open-api test utilities
`visualizer/api`	Visualizer JSON contract types
`visualizer/algorithm`	Algorithm state capture
`visualizer/packaging`	Packing result → JSON conversion

Common Commands

# Build and test one module (and its dependencies)
mvn test -pl <module> -am

# Build without running tests
mvn package -pl <module> -am -DskipTests

# Install all modules
mvn install

# Install everything, skip tests
mvn install -DskipTests

Plugin Reference

Surefire — running tests

mvn test -pl <module> -am

Version is maven-surefire-plugin.version in root pom.xml.

JaCoCo — code coverage

mvn test jacoco:report -pl <module> -am
# Report lands in target/site/jacoco/index.html

Spotless — code formatting

mvn spotless:check          # fail if formatting is off
mvn spotless:apply          # auto-fix formatting

Maven Shade — fat JAR (jmh module)

mvn package -pl jmh -am -DskipTests
java -jar jmh/target/benchmarks.jar

OpenAPI Generator — regenerate model/server/client

# All three at once
mvn generate-sources -pl open-api/open-api-model,open-api/open-api-server,open-api/open-api-client

# Individual module
mvn generate-sources -pl open-api/open-api-model

Source of truth is open-api/3d-api.yaml. Never hand-edit generated sources.

PiTest — mutation testing

mvn test-compile org.pitest:pitest-maven:mutationCoverage -pl <module> -am

OWASP Dependency Check

mvn dependency-check:check -pl <module>

Dependency Management Rules

All versions live in root pom.xml as <properties> — never hardcode a version in a child POM.
Use ${property.version} references in child POMs.
<dependencyManagement> in the root POM controls all third-party and inter-module versions.
Inter-module dependencies use ${project.version}.

Key Version Properties

Property	Controls
`java.version`	Java 17 source/target
`junit.version`	JUnit Jupiter
`mockito.version`	Mockito
`assertj.version`	AssertJ
`jmh.version`	JMH framework
`jacoco-maven-plugin.version`	JaCoCo
`maven-surefire-plugin.version`	Surefire
`spotless.version`	Spotless formatter
`pitest.version`	PiTest mutation testing

Release to Maven Central

Uses maven-release-plugin + maven-gpg-plugin + Sonatype Central Portal plugin.

mvn release:prepare
mvn release:perform