Below is a template I use for regular Java application projects with Maven. Folder structure is typically as follows:
pom.xml
src/main/java/com/rodneybeede/...
src/test/java/com/rodneybeede/...
<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>
<groupId>com.rodneybeede.groupid</groupId>
<artifactId>project-codename</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Project Name</name>
<url>http://www.rodneybeede.com/</url>
<inceptionYear>2011</inceptionYear>
<licenses>
<license>
<name>GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</name>
<url>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt</url>
<distribution>repo</distribution>
<comments>GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007</comments>
</license>
</licenses>
<organization>
<name>rodneybeede.com</name>
<url>http://www.rodneybeede.com/</url>
</organization>
<developers>
<developer>
<id>rbeede</id>
<name>Rodney Beede</name>
<email>nospam_contactme_no$pam@removethistoo@rodneybeede.com</email>
<url>http://www.rodneybeede.com/</url>
<organization>rodneybeede.com</organization>
<organizationUrl>http://www.rodneybeede.com/</organizationUrl>
<roles>
<role>architect</role>
<role>developer</role>
<role>tester</role>
</roles>
<timezone>-7</timezone>
</developer>
</developers>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.16</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>apache-log4j-extras</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.rodneybeede.groupid.Main</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>javaNet2</id>
<name>java.net Maven 2 Repository</name>
<url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
<layout>default</layout>
</repository>
</repositories>
</project>