Oh, I see - there's a 'partial' property in the archetype-descriptor opening tag instead of it being a tag itself like in the old archetype.xml. I'll fiddle around with this new info, thanks!
Also, that unit test could help out - I wouldn't have a clue how to unit test an archetype right now, also because it's not officially a compilable file. But we'll see, thanks a lot! Raphaël wrote: > > Hi > > You can find an example of partial archetype in > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/archetype/trunk/archetype-common/src/test/archetypes/partial-1.0/ > > You can find some unit tests using that archetype in > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/archetype/trunk/archetype-common/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archetype/generator/DefaultArchetypeGeneratorTest.java > > Regards, > > Raphaël > > 2009/4/23 Yopy <yopy...@hotmail.com> > >> >> Hi all, I'm having issues with the Archetype plugin. >> >> I've made an archetype that sets up a 'skeleton' application, which can >> be >> packaged as an OSGI module and distributed. This works fine, no problems >> there (yet, and the problems that were there I have managed to solve). >> >> The next step is to add 'components' to this module. A component, in this >> case, is a set of classes and resources added to the project's src >> folder. >> I >> figured that partial archetypes would - in theory - do the trick, but I'm >> having trouble with that. >> >> The first problem is that there doesn't seem to be proper documentation >> on >> the subject. There is some documentation available on the archetype >> creation >> process, but it's limited and whatnot. There's also no or very little >> documentation on creating and using a partial archetype - the one I found >> was for an older version, it seems, where the archetype configuration >> file >> was still called 'archetype.xml' instead of the current >> 'archetype-metadata.xml'. >> >> But anyways. I've made my archetype's source which is mainly out of a >> source >> folder that adds a set of classes to the package the user indicates on >> the >> commandline. I've also had to add a pom.xml file in the root of the >> archetype-resources folder, else the archetype would not install. >> >> I've added an <allowPartial>-tag to the archetype-metadata.xml, guessing >> that's what you have to add to this file in order to make it a partial >> project - please correct me if I'm wrong. >> >> Next, I go to the commandline, mvn archetype:generate my skeleton >> project, >> works fine. Next, I archetype:generate the 'partial' archetype, but >> that's >> where the problems begin. >> >> When calling the archetype:generate command with the partial archetype, I >> get the error that there is already a Maven2 project with the same name >> as >> the archetypeId. It doesn't seem like I can leave this value blank, >> either. >> >> The next attempt is to go into the project skeleton directory and call >> the >> command there, but then I get the error that Maven is 'unable to add >> module >> to the current project as it is not of packaging type 'pom''. >> >> I'm starting to suspect that the 'partial' archetype can only add full >> modules to a Maven project - is this suspicion correct? >> >> If not, then what might I be doing wrong? What is required to create a >> partial archetype that (attempts to) add files and folders to an existing >> project's src folder? What should the archetype's prototype pom.xml >> contain >> (if anything)? What data should I - besides the fileSets and whatnot - >> add >> to the archetype-metadata.xml file? >> >> [/questions] >> >> It'd help a ton if there would be someone that could help me out, :). >> >> Kind regards, >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/-Archetype--Adding-a-package-to-an-existing-project-tp23194570p23194570.html >> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-Archetype--Adding-a-package-to-an-existing-project-tp23194570p23211550.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
