POM - Add a New Dependency

Here are the steps I take to add a new JAR dependency to my Maven project.

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I open my applications pom.xml file

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I recommend to use the properties section to create a new tag that holds the version number of the JARs you are trying to add. This way, you can control version numbers in a centralized location.

Here is an example:

<properties>  
	<opentelemetry.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry.version>  
</properties>  

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I then add the JARs to the section named dependencies and make sure to use the property created above.

<dependencies>  
	<dependency>  
		<groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>  
		<artifactId>opentelemetry-api<artifact-Id>  
		<version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>  
		<scope>compile</version>  
	</dependency>  
</dependencies>