Hi Bram Thanks for your suggestion. My current approach is to use filtering to insert the timestamp into the .java file.
The problem I am having is actually getting hold of the appropriate value of a timestamp. It should reflect the point in time when my archetype is used to generate a new project. On 2011-09-30 22:03, Bram Patelski wrote: > You could use filtering? > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 22:01, Dennis Lundberg <denn...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I'm creating an archetype, with a bunch of files. In the .java files I >> want to insert a timestamp. When I use the archetype to generate a new >> project, the .java files should show when they were generated. >> >> Is this possible? >> >> I have tried inserting ${maven.build.timestamp} as the default value in >> my archetype-metadata.xml file, but it doesn't seem to work. >> >> -- >> Dennis Lundberg >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > -- Dennis Lundberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org