How to use POMs as a dependency in Maven?

Question

Is there a way to add a pom type dependency to my POM and get all its modules?

JavaMail is a good example. Maven Central Repo has a parent POM called:

Answer 1

If the pom you're trying to import, contains dependencies defined in a section, and you would like to import them all, you can try the code below.

(Disclaimer: I haven't done this in a while): in your section, add the pom dependency like this:

    
        
            kung.fu
            ninja
            1.2.3
            import
            pom 
        
    

It may as well be the case that you define the dependency directly in the section not needing the bit, but as far as I recall, it should be scoped import as shown above.