For Java 5 or higher build with Maven 2.2 or 3
For Java 1.4 build with Maven 2.0.11

Before building:

To build:

mvn clean install

Before deploying:

copy settings-template.xml to ~/.m2/settings.xml adding your Codehaus DAV username and passwords.

To deploy (optionally adding sources and javadoc jars):
mvn deploy