Editing Apache Maven (section)

== Interoperability ==
Add-ons to several popular [[integrated development environment|integrated development environments (IDE)]] targeting the Java programming language exist to provide integration of Maven with the IDE's build mechanism and source editing tools, allowing Maven to compile projects from within the IDE, and also to set the classpath for code completion, highlighting compiler errors, etc.

Examples of popular IDEs supporting development with Maven include:

* [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]]
* [[NetBeans]]
* [[IntelliJ IDEA]]
* [[JBuilder]]
* [[JDeveloper]] (version 11.1.2)
* [[MyEclipse]]
* [[Visual Studio Code]]

These add-ons also provide the ability to edit the POM or use the POM to determine a project's complete set of dependencies directly within the IDE.

Some built-in features of IDEs are forfeited when the IDE no longer performs compilation. For example, Eclipse's JDT has the ability to recompile a single Java source file after it has been edited. Many IDEs work with a flat set of projects instead of the hierarchy of folders preferred by Maven. This complicates the use of [[Software configuration management|SCM]] systems in IDEs when using Maven.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maven.apache.org/eclipse-plugin.html |title=maven.apache.org/eclipse-plugin.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507014621/http://maven.apache.org/eclipse-plugin.html |archive-date=May 7, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/ant_maven.html#Maven_Integration|title=IntelliJ IDEA :: Features|access-date=2009-09-02|archive-date=2015-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524203728/http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/ant_maven.html#Maven_Integration|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.netbeans.org/MavenBestPractices|title=MavenBestPractices - NetBeans Wiki|access-date=2009-09-02|archive-date=2018-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114021502/http://wiki.netbeans.org/MavenBestPractices|url-status=dead}}</ref>