Creating a new Maven project in Eclipse 

Follow the instructions given to create a new Java Maven project with the Eclipse IDE:

1. Click on File | New | Project.
2. Type Maven in the search box under Wizards.
3. Select Maven project.
4. A dialog box with the title New Maven Project, having the option Use default Workspace location as checked, appears. 
5. Make sure that Group Id is selected as org.apache.maven.archetypes with Artifact Id selected as maven-archetype-quickstart. 
6. Give a name to Group Id, say, com.orgname. Give a name to Artifact Id, say, healthapp2.
7. Click on Finish.

As a result of the preceding steps, a new Maven project will be created in Eclipse. Make sure this is what it looks like:

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