<build>
        <!-- Goals may be set in the IDE or the pom IDE or CLI goals override the
        defaultGoal -->
        <defaultGoal>clean compile package exec:java</defaultGoal>

        <!-- Plugins define components that perform actions -->
        <plugins>

            <!-- Compiler: Select the version of the Java compiler and any command
            line switches to use with it -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.5.1</version>

                <configuration>
                    <!-- Java version of the source files -->
                    <source>1.8</source>

                    <!-- Java version of the class files -->
                    <target>1.8</target>

                    <!-- sometimes the IDE does not reveal all the important warnings -->
                    <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>
                    <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
                    <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

            <!-- Shade: Create an executable jar containing all the dependencies when
            the package goal is carried out -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.4.3</version>
                <configuration>
                    <transformers>
                        <transformer
                            implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                            <mainClass>${mainClass}</mainClass>
                        </transformer>
                    </transformers>
                </configuration>

                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>shade</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>

            <!-- Exec: Executes the program -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.5.0</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>default-cli</id>
                        <goals>
                            <!-- Runs in separate instance of JVM -->
                            <goal>exec</goal>
                            <!-- Runs in same instance of JVM as Eclipse -->
                            <goal>java</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <!--used by java goal -->
                            <!--executes in the same VM that Maven runs in -->
                            <mainClass>${mainClass}</mainClass>

                            <!--used by exec goal -->
                            <!--runs in a separate VM from the one that Maven runs in -->
                            <executable>${java.home}/bin/java</executable>
                            <commandlineArgs>-jar ${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</commandlineArgs>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>

            <!-- Surefire: During the test phase of the build life cycle executes
            JUnit tests and write the results to an xml and txt file -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.19.1</version>
                <!-- Turn on tests: false, Turn off tests: true -->
                <configuration>
                    <skipTests>false</skipTests>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>