This is pom file example how to add groovy support to java project.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.middlesphere</groupId> <artifactId>hello01</artifactId> <packaging>jar</packaging> <version>0.1</version> <name>hello01</name> <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <gmavenVersion>1.4</gmavenVersion> <gmavenProviderSelection>2.0</gmavenProviderSelection> <groovyVersion>2.1.6</groovyVersion> </properties> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId> <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId> <version>2.1.6</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.8.2</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <target>1.6</target> <source>1.6</source> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId> <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId> <version>${gmavenVersion}</version> <configuration> <providerSelection>${gmavenProviderSelection}</providerSelection> <sourceEncoding>UTF-8</sourceEncoding> <source/> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>generateStubs</goal> <goal>compile</goal> <goal>generateTestStubs</goal> <goal>testCompile</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId> <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId> <version>${groovyVersion}</version> </dependency> </dependencies> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>copy-dependencies</id> <phase>prepare-package</phase> <goals> <goal>copy-dependencies</goal> </goals> <configuration> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory> <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases> <overWriteSnapshots>false</overWriteSnapshots> <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <archive> <manifest> <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix> <mainClass>com.middlesphere.HelloApp</mainClass> </manifest> </archive> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>