How to Add Maven Central Repository in pom.xml

If you make use of the Maven build tool for your Java project, you can set the Maven Central Repository in your pom.xml file by simply adding the repository tag with URL https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/

<project>
  ...
  ...

  <repositories>
    <repository>
      <id>central</id>
      <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/</url>
    </repository>
  </repositories>

  ...
  ...
</project>