Set up an Apache Maven project

You can use Apache Maven to set up and build AWS SDK for Java projects, or to build the SDK itself.

Prerequisites

To use the AWS SDK for Java with Maven, you need the following:

Create a Maven project

To create a Maven project from the command line, run the following command from a terminal or command prompt window.

mvn -B archetype:generate \
 -DarchetypeGroupId=software.amazon.awssdk \
 -DarchetypeArtifactId=archetype-lambda -Dservice=s3 -Dregion=US_WEST_2 \
 -DarchetypeVersion=2.X.X \
 -DgroupId=com.example.myapp \
 -DartifactId=myapp

This command creates a Maven project using the archetype templating toolkit. The archetype generates the scaffolding for an AWS Lambda function handler project . This project archetype is preconfigured to compile with Java SE 8 and includes a dependency to the version of the SDK for Java 2.x specified with -DarchetypeVersion.

For more information about creating and configuring Maven projects, see the Maven Getting Started Guide.

Configure the Java compiler for Maven

If you created your project using the AWS Lambda project archetype as described previously, the configuration of the Java compiler is already done for you.

To verify that this configuration is present, start by opening the pom.xml file from the project folder you created (for example, myapp) when you executed the previous command. Look on lines 11 and 12 to see the Java compiler version setting for this Maven project, and the required inclusion of the Maven compiler plugin on lines 71-75.

<project>
  <properties>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
  </properties>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

If you create your project with a different archetype or by using another method, you must ensure that the Maven compiler plugin is part of the build and that its source and target properties are both set to 1.8 in the pom.xml file.

See the previous snippet for one way to configure these required settings.

Alternatively, you can configure the compiler configuration inline with the plugin declaration, as follows.

<project>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <source>1.8</source>
          <target>1.8</target>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

Declare the SDK as a dependency

To use the AWS SDK for Java in your project, you need to declare it as a dependency in your project’s pom.xml file.

If you created your project using the project archetype as described previously, the latest version of the SDK is already configured as a dependency in your project.

The archetype generates a BOM (bill of materials) artifact dependency for the software.amazon.awssdk group id. With a BOM, you do not have to specify the maven version for individual artifact dependencies that share the same group id.

If you created your Maven project in a different way, configure the latest version of the SDK for your project by ensuring that the pom.xml file contains the following.

<project>
  <properties>
    <aws.java.sdk.version>2.X.X</aws.java.sdk.version>
  </properties>
  <dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
        <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
        <version>${aws.java.sdk.version}</version>
        <type>pom</type>
        <scope>import</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>
</project>

Set dependencies for SDK modules

Now that you have configured the SDK, you can add dependencies for one or more of the AWS SDK for Java modules to use in your project.

Although you can specify the version number for each component, you don’t need to because you already declared the SDK version in the dependencyManagement section using the bill of materials artifact. To load a different version of a given module, specify a version number for its dependency.

If you created your project using the project archetype as described previously, your project is already configured with multiple dependencies. These include dependences for AWS Lambda function handlers and Amazon S3, as follows.

<project>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
            <artifactId>s3</artifactId>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
                    <artifactId>netty-nio-client</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
                    <artifactId>apache-client</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
            <artifactId>url-connection-client</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
            <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-core</artifactId>
            <version>${aws.lambda.java.version}</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>

<groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
<artifactId>lambda</artifactId>

Add the modules to your project for the AWS service and features you need for your project. The modules (dependencies) that are managed by the AWS SDK for Java BOM are listed on the Maven central repository.

Build the entire SDK into your project

To optimize your application, we strongly recommend that you pull in only the components you need instead of the entire SDK. However, to build the entire AWS SDK for Java into your project, declare it in your pom.xml file, as follows.

<project>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
      <artifactId>aws-sdk-java</artifactId>
      <version>2.X.X</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

Build your project

After you configure the pom.xml file, you can use Maven to build your project.

To build your Maven project from the command line, open a terminal or command prompt window, navigate to your project directory (for example, myapp), enter or paste the following command, then press Enter or Return.

mvn package

This creates a single .jar file (JAR) in the target directory (for example, myapp/target). This JAR contains all of the SDK modules you specified as dependencies in your pom.xml file.