title: Can maven projects have multiple parents?
body: <p>We have Java and Flex projects. We currently have 1 base pom that contains the configurations we want to use for both projects. Problem with this is: Flex projects inherit configuration, for example, for <code>javadoc</code> and <code>pmd</code> plugins, which is not desirable.</p>
  
  <p>I want to clean it up and have a real base pom, and then a <code>java-base-pom</code> and a <code>flex-base-pom</code>. But how does this work in a multi-module that has both a Flex part and a Java part?</p>
  
  <p>We have plugins to our own application where we use the following structure:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>my-plugin
  
  <ul>
  <li>my-plugin-client (flex)</li>
  <li>my-plugin-server (java)</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><code>my-plugin</code> just contains a <code>pom.xml</code> with <code>&lt;modules/&gt;</code> section. I would use <code>my-plugin</code> pom.xml as a parent for both, but then I cannot also use the java base-pom or the flex base-pom as parent. What would be the best approach for this?</p>