This quick guide example uses Maven to generate a simple Java project structure, and demonstrates how to retrieve Spring bean and prints a “hello world” string. Technologies used in this article : Spring 2.5.6 Maven 3.0.3 Eclipse 3.6 JDK 1.6.0.13 1. Generate project structure with Maven In command prompt, issue following Maven command : mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.mkyong.common -Dartifact