documentation probably also needs love: you found the mini-guide, but not the plugin reference documentation that explains much more: https://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/index.html
I'm not sure mini guide was updated as it should Regards, Hervé On 2023/10/05 20:38:20 David Karr wrote: > I support and maintain a platform used by a couple hundred > SpringBoot/JAX-RS/Maven/K8S services. When new services are created, a > Maven archetype is used to create the service skeleton. This has worked > fine for quite a while. > > We're now working on a variation using SpringMVC instead of JAX-RS, and > eventually making that the default. > > One of my team members took the existing Jersey/JAX-RS archetype project, > made a copy, and then changed a bunch of things for SpringMVC instead of > JAX-RS. We installed that archetype in our local maven repo for initial > testing, using "mvn install". > > We run a command line like the following: > > mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.org.idp -DartifactId=MyApplication > -Dpackage=com.org.idp -DarchetypeGroupId=com.org.idse > -DarchetypeArtifactId=idse-springmvc-archetype > -DarchetypeVersion=2.0.0-SNAPSHOT > > The "archetypeVersion" property value corresponds to the version attribute > in the pom.xml of the archetype. > > This produces the following output: > -------------------- > [INFO] Generating project in Batch mode > [WARNING] Archetype not found in any catalog. Falling back to central > repository. > [WARNING] Add a repository with id 'archetype' in your settings.xml if > archetype's repository is elsewhere. > Downloading from nexus: > https://repocentral.it.att.com:8443/nexus/content/groups/att-public-group/com/att/idse/idse-springmvc-archetype/2.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] BUILD FAILURE > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: 52.232 s > [INFO] Finished at: 2023-10-04T13:33:46-07:00 > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:3.2.1:generate > (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The defined artifact is not an > archetype -> [Help 1] > [ERROR] > [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e > switch. > [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. > [ERROR] > [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, > please read the following articles: > [ERROR] [Help 1] > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException > -------------------- > > This doesn't tell me WHY it thinks this is not an archetype. > > I find some confusing docs about creating and installing archetypes. > > I found this page: > https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-creating-archetypes.html . > This example is curious, as the pom.xml for the archetype references the > "archetype-packaging" extension, but the text says nothing about this. In > fact, it clearly says "All you need to specify is a groupId, artifactId and > version". Neither our working archetype or the new one references that > extension. > > I also found this issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARCHETYPE-529 > . No one ever responded to this, so perhaps the reporter is way off. I see > that this mentions the "create-from-project" goal. This is not mentioned in > the previous doc page. > > What else can I look at to debug this problem? > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
