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Maven Eclipse - Child module not recognized as maven project

I'm working on a new maven multi module project on eclipse. The problem is, the child project is shown as a regular folder and not a maven folder. What's the problem? I created the parent project with only the pom.xml and pom packaging. the child module was created through cmd with the typical mvn archetype:generate command
here are the pom.xml files
Parent
<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>blabla</groupId>
<artifactId>zuers-klassen</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<modules>
<module>zuers-klassen-api</module>
</modules>
</project>
Child
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<parent>
<artifactId>zuers-klassen</artifactId>
<groupId>blbabla</groupId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<groupId>blabla</groupId>
<artifactId>zuers-klassen-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>maven-archetype</packaging>
<name>Archetype - zuers-klassen-api</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<build>
<extensions>
<extension>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.archetype</groupId>
<artifactId>archetype-packaging</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
</extension>
</extensions>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-archetype-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
<configuration>
<properties>
<https.protocols>${https.protocols}</https.protocols>
</properties>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>

install Maven plugin before it is executed

I have one. Parent-module and two Child. One of the child is a plugin I wrote for sending mail to email(mail parameters, themes, text are set in pom.xml), which should be sent during the compilation phase of the parent-module. The second child is just a class with "Hello World".
My question. How do I do in the parent module: install maven plugin before the compilation phase?
p.s. I can not correctly form a question, because a huge request to clarify the nuances in the comments or add the missing information.
upd:
this is child-plugin
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<parent>
<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
<groupId>com.live.hello</groupId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
<artifactId>child-plugin</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
<version>1.6.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.6.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
<version>3.6.3</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
this is child-app
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<parent>
<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
<groupId>com.live.hello</groupId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<artifactId>child-app</artifactId>
</project>
and parent
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<groupId>com.live.hello</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<modules>
<module>child-plugin</module>
<module>child-app</module>
</modules>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.live.hello</groupId>
<artifactId>test1-send</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>my-exe-plugin</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>sendEmail</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<loginSeander>my.test#gmail.com</loginSeander>
<passwordSender>11111111</passwordSender>
<mailRecipient>mymail#gmail.com</mailRecipient>
<subject>My first messege</subject>
<text>Hello!</text>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Maven spring boot multi module project in intellij not building successfully after maven package command

I have a spring boot multi-module project in IntelliJ, The problem is, when I run the project in IntelliJ, it builds and works as expected but when I try a maven package, I get this error:
The POM for ng.biosec:enrollment_ws:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT is missing, no
dependency information available and The POM for
ng.biosec:abis_module:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT is missing, no dependency
information available
and then the process fails.
Here is my pom.xml for the the two modules and the parent:
enrollment_ws.xml pom
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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">
<parent>
<artifactId>integron</artifactId>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>enrollment_ws</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<dependencies>
</dependencies>
</project>
This is the abis_module.xml pom file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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">
<parent>
<artifactId>integron</artifactId>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>abis_module</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
</project>
This is the cpm.xml pom file that depends on the modules that contain the pom files mentioned above:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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">
<parent>
<artifactId>integron</artifactId>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>cpm</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<artifactId>enrollment_ws</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<artifactId>abis_module</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-ws-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
The cpm module contains the Spring boot application class. This is the Spring Application class:
#SpringBootApplication
#EnableScheduling
#EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = {"integron"})
#ComponentScan(basePackages = {"integron"})
#EntityScan(basePackages = {"integron"})
public class BioConnectApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(BioConnectApplication.class, args);
}
}
Also, this is the parent pom file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<modules>
<module>enrollment_ws</module>
<module>cpm</module>
<module>verification</module>
<module>abis_module</module>
</modules>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from integron.repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<artifactId>integron</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>integron</name>
<description>Bio Connect Project</description>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<!-- tag::wsdl[] -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.13.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>generate</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<schemaLanguage>WSDL</schemaLanguage>
<generatePackage>integron.client</generatePackage>
<schemas>
<schema>
<url>********?wsdl</url>
</schema>
</schemas>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- end::wsdl[] -->
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
Also:
I replaced the link to the WSDL file for security reason, but the maven project also does not generate classes from the WSDL. Any help with that will be greatly appreciated.

You should remove the <parent> element declaration from your integron module descriptor and move it to the sub-modules.
The spring-boot-maven-plugin should only be declared within the module holding your Spring Boot application i.e. the cpm module.
Here down how the integron project descriptor should be:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<modules>
<module>enrollment_ws</module>
<module>cpm</module>
<module>verification</module>
<module>abis_module</module>
</modules>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<artifactId>integron</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>integron</name>
<description>Bio Connect Project</description>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- tag::wsdl[] -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.13.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>generate</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<schemaLanguage>WSDL</schemaLanguage>
<generatePackage>integron.client</generatePackage>
<schemas>
<schema>
<url>********?wsdl</url>
</schema>
</schemas>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- end::wsdl[] -->
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
The cpm module descriptor should be as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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">
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from integron.repository -->
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>cpm</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<artifactId>enrollment_ws</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ng.biosec</groupId>
<artifactId>abis_module</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-ws-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</project>
Concerning the wsdl generated files, I guess they are getting generated but not packaged as the parent module packaging is set to be as pom.

My Maven Module isn't generating a JAR

I have the following hierarchy:
my-app
\__ pom.xml
\__ jar-module
\__ pom.xml
\__ webapp-module
\__ pom.xml
\__ core-module
\__ pom.xml
Where core-module acts as a library providing common code for webapp-module and jar-module.
webapp-module works just fine, it's generating a war as expected and the code from core-module is being used.
The problem is with jar-module. I have no idea why, but jar-module isn't outputting a jar, even when I select to run (in IntelliJ IDEA) a simple main with a println() it does run, but there's no jar on the target folder.
How can I solve this and make the jar-module output a jar?
I am not very experienced with Maven, my goal is to be able to use the same Jersey code on a local Glassfish and in a jar to be deployed at AWS Lambda Serverless Java Container so I can easily test it locally before deployment.
I would appreciate any corrections on my hierarchy and on pom errors as well.
my-app pom.xml has a packaging of pom, but core-module and jar-module have a packaging of jar and webapp-module has a packaging of war.
here are the POMs:
my-app POM:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<groupId>com.example.myapp</groupId>
<artifactId>myapp</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<modules>
<module>core-module</module>
</modules>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
</project>
core-module POM:
(I also tried it with <packaging>pom</packaging> and no jar skip properties, it didn't work)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<parent>
<artifactId>myapp</artifactId>
<groupId>com.example.myapp</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>webservice-core</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<modules>
<module>../jar-module</module>
<module>../webapp-module</module>
</modules>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
<jar.skipIfEmpty>true</jar.skipIfEmpty>
<maven.install.skip>true</maven.install.skip>
<javax-ws-rs-version.version>2.1</javax-ws-rs-version.version>
<jersey.version>2.26</jersey.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
<version>${javax-ws-rs-version.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-json-jackson</artifactId>
<version>${jersey.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
webapp-module POM:
<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>
<parent>
<artifactId>core-module</artifactId>
<groupId>com.example.myapp</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>webapp-module</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>webapp Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<jersey.version>2.26</jersey.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<artifactId>core-module</artifactId>
<groupId>com.example.myapp</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
<version>${jersey.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>webapp</finalName>
</build>
</project>
jar-module POM:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<artifactId>core-module</artifactId>
<groupId>com.example.myapp</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>jar-module</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<jersey.version>2.26</jersey.version>
<maven-shade-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-shade-plugin.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<artifactId>core-module</artifactId>
<groupId>com.example.myapp</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-jersey</artifactId>
<version>0.8</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-shade-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration> <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

my-app is your parent module and rest are child so provide a dependencies order in parent project pom so that when you build the project ,maven will provide the dependencies as you provided in parent module.
<modules>
<module>core-module</module>
</modules>
Provide the proper ordering like parent and child modules to understand the maven for building.

my-app
<modules>
<module>core-module</module>
<module>jar-module</module>
<module>web-module</module>
</modules>
core-module
no <modules>
This is a clean hierarchy, mirrored by the directory hierarchy.
There is a difference between modules and there container and the parent relation, and other subtleties. So maybe this helps.

DevServer expecting .WAR when I upload the application of .EAR format

This application was built 15 years ago, I guess. The client has sought an upgrade/modification of this app, which I am not aware of.
I have built some POM.xml scripts. When I tried to upload it in development server, it was expecting a .WAR file inside the .EAR that I had uploaded.
Here is my pom.xml script. Please suggest some modifications.
<groupId>itaras</groupId>
<artifactId>itaras</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>ear</packaging>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<type>war</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<finalName>MyEarFile</finalName>
<version>5</version>
<generatedDescriptorLocation>$D:/itaras/ITARAS_Branch_3Aug2017/itaras/WebContent</generatedDescriptorLocation>
<modules>
<webModule>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<uri>appITARAS.war</uri>
<bundleFileName>appITARAS.war</bundleFileName>
<contextRoot>/ITARAS</contextRoot>
</webModule>
</modules>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

You need a parent pom like this :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>
<groupId>itaras</groupId>
<artifactId>itaras</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<modules>
<module>itaras-ear</module>
<module>itaras-war</module>
</modules>
</project>
Then you will have a war project which is a child/module of the parent. This will be your existing project like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>itaras</groupId>
<artifactId>itaras</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>itaras-war</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
.....
Then you will have an ear project which will include the war project as a dependency, something like:
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>itaras</groupId>
<artifactId>itaras</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>itaras-ear</artifactId>
<packaging>ear</packaging>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>itaras</groupId>
<artifactId>itaras-war</artifactId>
<version>${project.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>