The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache
Maven Archetype Plugin, version 3.0.0
The Archetype Plugin allows the user to create a Maven project from an
existing template called an archetype.
It also allows the user to create an archetype from an existing project.
https://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-archetype-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/download.cgi
Release Notes - Maven Archetype - Version 3.0.0
** Bug
* [ARCHETYPE-283] - archetype:generate does not use <localRepository>
in settings.xml when looking for archetype-catalog.xml
* [ARCHETYPE-358] - Following mirror configuration from settings.xml
* [ARCHETYPE-488] - Goal integration-test of maven-archetype-plugin
fails with 'Cannot run additions goals." in version 3.3.1
* [ARCHETYPE-499] - Files with no extension are not included when one
creates archetype from project
* [ARCHETYPE-501] - Bug generating project with blank property
* [ARCHETYPE-502] - XMLOutputter generates files with inconsistent
line ending on Windows
* [ARCHETYPE-503] - Unit tests with archetype-post-generate.groovy
fail on Windows
* [ARCHETYPE-504] - Property excludePatterns is in required properties
* [ARCHETYPE-509] - RequiredProperty not set in batch mode
* [ARCHETYPE-510] - Achetype 1.0.x descriptor documentation is not
generated any more
* [ARCHETYPE-513] - Files in excludePatterns having a default filtered
extension are still included
* [ARCHETYPE-517] - Maven doesn't fail if invocation goals fail
** Improvement
* [ARCHETYPE-204] - Add option to use remote repositories that are
password protected
* [ARCHETYPE-241] - Filtering of directory name same as filenames
* [ARCHETYPE-438] - Remove support for specifying catalogs through
direct URLs
* [ARCHETYPE-439] - Remove archetypeRepository param
* [ARCHETYPE-472] - Upgrade Apache Velocity Engine to 1.7
* [ARCHETYPE-491] - Allow to run integration test with another
archetype as parent project
* [ARCHETYPE-496] - Allow user to specify archetype tests in project
* [ARCHETYPE-514] - Tests fail with empty repository and 'mvn verify'
* [ARCHETYPE-515] - Migrate plugin to Maven3
** New Feature
* [ARCHETYPE-487] - Input validation for required properties defined
in artifact descriptor
* [ARCHETYPE-494] - Provide a way to change the generated project
after archetype:generate execution
** Task
* [ARCHETYPE-433] - Remove unused archetype registry stuff
* [ARCHETYPE-434] - Fix cyclic dependency between archetype-common and
maven-archetype-plugin
* [ARCHETYPE-437] - Remove support for the create goal
Enjoy,
-The Apache Maven team
