BOM vs Parent POM
Summary:
- Parent POM: Inherited via
<parent>, shares plugins, properties, and dependency management. - BOM: Imported via
<dependencyManagement>, shares only dependency versions. No plugins or build config inheritance.Summary:
Project Repository: https://github.com/nitinkc/project-parent-pom
Important Differences
A parent POM is a Maven project object model file (pom.xml) with <packaging>pom</packaging>.
It can define shared configuration, plugins, properties, and dependency management.
Child projects inherit these settings by referencing the parent in their
A BOM (Bill of Materials) is a special POM used only for dependency version management.
It is referenced in <dependencyManagement> (usually with <type>pom</type> and <scope>import</scope>),
and only manages versions of dependencies, not plugins or build configuration.