What are the main advantages and disadvantages of using Maven for project management?

Advantages of Maven:

• Standardization of project build with a single configuration file (pom.xml).
• Automatic dependency management, including downloading necessary libraries from repositories.
• Support for project lifecycle (compile, test, package, deploy, etc.).
• Large community and many plugins to extend functionality.

Disadvantages of Maven:

• Configuration complexity for non-standard cases, sometimes requiring writing complex plugins.
• Slow build process with a large number of dependencies.
• Rigid project structure that may not suit all types of applications.

Example of pom.xml for a simple Java project:

<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>my-app</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.13.2</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>