POM_SET_PARENT(7)

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version 6.4.1 · 5 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 POM_SET_PARENT — okay bestie, let's talk parent POMs 💖

So this is a page from the Java Packages Tools crew, and it's the one about pom_set_parent — living in section 7 of the manual, which is the ✨ macros and conventions ✨ section, iykyk.

🌸 NAME 🌸

pom_set_parent — the macro that sets a parent POM reference inside a POM file. That's the whole job. She's focused. She's booked and busy.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

%pom_set_parent groupId:artifactId[:version] [POM-location]...

Yes the :version is optional, and yes those ... at the end mean you can hand her a whole little stack of locations. Main character energy fr.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so here's the tea: this macro patches a POM file for you, and what it's doing is setting the reference to the parent POM — to the groupId, artifactId and version you specified. That's it. That's the vibe.

Now the way she does it is lowkey iconic: this macro first removes the parent POM reference, and then adds a brand new one. So it's (more or less) equivalent to calling %pom_remove_parent and then following it up with %pom_add_parent. Not exactly, but basically. If you wanna know all the deets about the parameters, go read pom_remove_parent(7) and pom_add_parent(7) — they spill everything.

Now, about where the POM lives 🏠 — a POM location can be either:

  • a full path to the POM file itself, or
  • a path to the directory that contains pom.xml.

And if you don't give a POM location at all? No stress. She just grabs pom.xml from the current working directory. Periodt.

Oh and you can specify more file locations than one — she'll process every single one of them. Multi-tasking queen. 💅

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

%pom_set_parent com.example:example-parent module

This call sets the parent POM of module/pom.xml to com.example:example-parent. Simple, clean, ate. 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Mikolaj Izdebski. Respect the architect. 🫶

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

Found a bug? Not me finding a bug 😭 Please report it through the Java Packages Tools issue tracker on Github, right here:

https://github.com/fedora-java/javapackages/issues

She'll get it fixed, bestie, don't worry.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

The whole friend group, in order:

Okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this one came from the JAVAPACKAGES crew, dated 2025-09-19, and it's filed under POM_SET_PARENT(7). Go set some parents, bestie, you got this. 🎀✨

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