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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<name>demo.jdbc</name>
	<groupId>demo</groupId>
	<artifactId>demo-servlet</artifactId>
	<version>1.0</version>
  
	<packaging>war</packaging>
  <properties>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>
  
	<build>
    <!-- Fixed WebContent directory for live Tomcat debugging. War filename specified in plugin -->
    <finalName>WebContent</finalName>
    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
    
	  <resources>
			<resource>
        <!-- This is not quite standard, but lets us debug in real-time -->
				<directory>src/main/java</directory>
				<targetPath>${project.build.outputDirectory}</targetPath>
				<includes>
					<include>**/*.properties</include>
				</includes>
			  </resource>
    </resources>

		<plugins>
    
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.3.0</version>
        <configuration>
         <warName>${project.name}</warName>
         <webappDirectory>target/WebContent</webappDirectory>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      
			<plugin>
				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>3.1.0</version>
				<configuration>
					<filesets>
						<fileset>
							<directory>WebContent/WEB-INF</directory>
							<includes>
								<include>lib/*.jar</include>
								<include>lib</include>
							</includes>
						</fileset>
					</filesets>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
			
		</plugins>
	</build>
	
	<dependencies>
		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.servlet/javax.servlet-api -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
			<version>4.0.1</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
    
		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/log4j/log4j -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
			<version>1.2.17</version>
		</dependency>
		
    <!-- Don't include this since  a JDBC driver is almost always included in the server -->
		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java 
		<dependency>
			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
			<version>8.0.17</version>
		</dependency>
		-->
		
	</dependencies>
</project>