sample_play_project_pom.xml

<project>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>project</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <properties>
        <targetJdk>1.7</targetJdk>
        <play.version>2.2.1</play.version>
        <play2-scala.version>2.10</play2-scala.version>
    </properties>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>typesafe</id>
            <url>http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases/</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>

    <build>
        <!-- Use the Play directory structure -->
        <directory>target</directory>
        <outputDirectory>target/scala-2.10/classes</outputDirectory>
        <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
        <sourceDirectory>app</sourceDirectory>
        <testSourceDirectory>test</testSourceDirectory>
        <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>conf</directory>
                <excludes>
                    <exclude>application.conf*</exclude>
                </excludes>
            </resource>
        </resources>
        <testResources>
            <testResource>
                <directory>test/resources</directory>
            </testResource>
            <testResource>
                <directory>features</directory>
            </testResource>
        </testResources>

    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.1</version>
        <configuration>
          <!-- Use Zinc Compiler if running (https://github.com/typesafehub/zinc) -->
          <recompileMode>incremental</recompileMode>
          <useZincServer>true</useZincServer>
          <charset>UTF-8</charset>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>compile</id>
            <goals>
              <goal>compile</goal>
            </goals>
            <phase>compile</phase>
          </execution>
          <execution>
            <id>test-compile</id>
            <goals>
              <goal>testCompile</goal>
            </goals>
            <phase>test-compile</phase>
          </execution>
          <execution>
            <phase>process-resources</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>compile</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>

      <plugin>
          <groupId>net.raboof.play</groupId>
          <artifactId>play-pure-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
          <executions>
              <execution>
                  <goals>
                      <goal>compile-templates</goal>
                      <goal>link-assets</goal>
                  </goals>
              </execution>
          </executions>
      </plugin>

      <!-- exclude application.conf from the jar -->
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.4</version>
        <configuration>
          <excludes>
            <exclude>**/application.conf</exclude>
          </excludes>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>

     <!-- Execute from the project root with "mvn exec:exec" -->
     <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.1</version>
        <configuration>
          <executable>java</executable>
          <commandlineArgs>-Xms512m -Xmx512m -DapplyEvolutions.default=true -classpath %classpath play.core.server.NettyServer</commandlineArgs>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>

      <!-- Set up code coverage reporting. Ignore templates and routes -->
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <instrumentation>
            <ignores>
              <ignore>controllers.ref</ignore>
              <ignore>controllers.javascript</ignore>
            </ignores>
            <excludes>
                <exclude>views/html/**/*.class</exclude>
                <exclude>Route*.class</exclude>
                <exclude>controllers/javascript/*.class</exclude>
                <exclude>controllers/ref/*.class</exclude>
                <exclude>controllers/routes*.class</exclude>
                <exclude>controllers/Reverse*.class</exclude>
                <exclude>routes*.class</exclude>
            </excludes>
          </instrumentation>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>clean</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>

    </plugins>
  </build>

    <dependencies>
        <!-- Play Framework -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.typesafe.play</groupId>
            <artifactId>play_${play2-scala.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${play.version}</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.typesafe.play</groupId>
            <artifactId>play-java_${play2-scala.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${play.version}</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.typesafe.play</groupId>
            <artifactId>templates_${play2-scala.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${play.version}</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- More optional Play Framework libraries -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.typesafe.play</groupId>
            <artifactId>play-java-jdbc_${play.scala.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${play.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.typesafe.play</groupId>
            <artifactId>play-java-ebean_${play.scala.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${play.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.typesafe.play</groupId>
            <artifactId>play-cache_${play.scala.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${play.version}</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.typesafe.play</groupId>
            <artifactId>play-json_${play.scala.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${play.version}</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Additional Dependencies -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Dependencies for Tests -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.typesafe.play</groupId>
            <artifactId>play-test_${play2-scala.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${play.version}</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>