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Stevo Slavic commented on ARCHETYPE-273:
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archetypeRepository (repository) and archetypeCatalog (catalog) are somewhat
overlapping. Yes, docs are scarce, even in the [Maven
book|http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book]. Luckily it's FOSS.
I agree that either both parameters should be supported or just one,
consistently. As proof of concept in my import-catalog mojo patch I implemented
support just for one (repository). If there's no special reason to support both
I'd prefer if it was just one that is left, maybe even just
archetypeCatalog/catalog, it would make things more clear. Of course decision
is up to plugin maintainers.
IMO, in any case, repositoryId should be supported - repository URL (in form of
repository or catalog) and repositoryId should go as a pair, just like in
deploy:deploy-file mojo.
> add goal to import remote archetype catalog into local catalog
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>
> Key: ARCHETYPE-273
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ARCHETYPE-273
> Project: Maven Archetype
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Archetypes
> Affects Versions: 2.0-alpha-4
> Reporter: Dan Allen
> Attachments:
> org.apache.maven.archetype.maven-archetype-ARCHETYPE-273_&_220_combo.patch
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> If I've just published a new archetype, I need to be able to provide the
> developer with a command that allows them to "educate" their local catalog
> about the new archetypes that area available. Currently, it's possible to
> specify an archetype catalog for a single run of the generate goal:
> mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://example.com/maven2
> But the catalog is transient. Those entries are not "remembered". The next
> time I run the generate goal...
> mvn archetype:generate
> ...the archetypes in the catalog provided in the previous command are not
> offered as options.
> This is especially problematic when using an IDE to create a new Maven
> project, because the mechanism for providing an archetype catalog differs in
> each IDE. We want them to be in the local repository. Simply point, it's too
> much information for the developer to have to reconcile, especially since
> using an archetype is likely the developer's first exposure to your project.
> It needs to be simple.
> What I'm looking for is a command that I can give the developer to import the
> entries from a remote archetype catalog. A discovery mechanism so to speak.
> I envision the following sequence to work:
> mvn archetype:import -DarchetypeCatalog=http://example.com/maven2
> mvn archetype:generate
> At this point, the developer would see options for the imported archetypes.
> The import goal could even download the archetype JAR files at the same time.
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