Add JAR files to a project in Eclipse using Maven - eclipse

Question

I am trying to add certain JAR files, related to the Spring Framework, required for a project using Maven.
Project Name: Spring
Is it possible to do this using Maven?
The dependency is as follows:
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-aspects -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
<version>3.2.7.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

Answer 1

You should import the project as a Maven project. If it is not a Maven project you can convert it using Eclipse.
And then you should put your dependency as one of the dependencies in the pom.xml of the project like this:
<dependencies>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-aspects -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
<version>3.2.7.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>

Answer 2

You don't need to add JAR files manually. Maven will do it for you. You just need to define dependency in pom.xml.
Following is an example pom.xml:
<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>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<groupId>com.spring.test</groupId>
<artifactId>com.spring.test</artifactId>
<properties>
<spring.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>