Create Maven Web Project using Eclipse
Step # 1
In the Eclipse IDE, navigate to File > New > Other… in order to bring up the project creation wizard.
Step # 2
Scroll to the Maven folder, open it, and choose Maven Project. Then choose Next.
Step # 3
You should choose to Create a project . This will create a Maven-enabled Java project. click Next.
Step # 4
Select Catalog Internal and enter 'Web' in Filter textbox. Choose maven-archetype-webapp Artifact ID and click Next button.
Step # 5
Enter your Project Name in Group ID and Artifact ID. Enter your base package name in Package Text field and click Finish button. It will create your project.
Step # 6
You will now notice that your project has been created. You will place your Java code in/src/main/java, resources in /src/main/resources, and your JSP, HTML and web contents in /src/main/webapp respectively.
Step # 7
Open the pom.xml file to view the structure Maven has set up. In this file, you can see the information entered in Step # 5. You can add Servlet dependencies using following tag in pom.xml.
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
....
</dependencies>