Want to know Maven project structure -

i m working on maven project , want know basic structure of it. know there pom.xml defines artifacts involved in project. in project, there 5 pom.xml. want know exact role of pom , how handle dependencies.

appreciate if can suggest useful book or resource can guide.

regards anurag

assuming java project basic structure is:

parent dir -src/main/java/        java source files application (included in jar/war) -src/main/resourcs/    resource files, xml, properties, etc (included in jar/war) -src/test/java/        java source files tests (only used during testing) -src/test/resources/   resource files testing (only used during testing)