{"id":904,"date":"2025-11-23T01:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/choudhury.com\/blog\/?p=904"},"modified":"2025-11-23T01:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:32:24","slug":"maven-build-cache-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/choudhury.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/23\/maven-build-cache-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Maven Build Cache Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the advantages Gradle<\/a> had over Maven<\/a> was build caching.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Maven Cache Build Extension\u00a0<\/a> you can also get build caching for maven builds too.<\/p>\n

How to set this up<\/p>\n

On the top level of your maven project add<\/p>\n

.mvn folder<\/p>\n

Within the mvn folder add extensions.xml<\/strong>\u00a0 and maven-build-cache-config.xml<\/strong><\/p>\n

Example<\/p>\n

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The contents of extensions.xml<\/strong> should be something like this<\/p>\n

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<extensions>\r\n    <extension>\r\n        <groupId>org.apache.maven.extensions<\/groupId>\r\n        <artifactId>maven-build-cache-extension<\/artifactId>\r\n        <version>1.2.1<\/version>\r\n    <\/extension>\r\n<\/extensions><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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The contents of\u00a0 maven-build-cache-config.xml should be like this from the template provided by in this\u00a0 In the Getting Started page for Maven Build Cache Extension\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
(link for the template config can be found here)<\/p>\n
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Note<\/strong> the default config has remote enabled, which is annoying default if you just want to get local build cache working first.<\/p>\n
So here are few adjustments I made to the template maven-build-cache-config.xml<\/p>\n
(yellow commented out ,\u00a0 green additional config added)<\/p>\n
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Also for slimplicity I also comment out the global section with in the input section of the template<\/p>\n
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Now when you run your maven build (the second time), you should see it skipping various plugins as it uses the cached results instead<\/p>\n
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Where is the cached build stored?\u00a0 By default in the same folder your your m2 repository resides<\/p>\n
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One of the advantages Gradle had over Maven was build caching. Thanks to Maven Cache Build Extension\u00a0 you can also get build caching for maven builds too. How to set this up On the top level of your maven project add .mvn folder Within the mvn folder add extensions.xml\u00a0 and maven-build-cache-config.xml Example   The contents … <\/p>\n
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