So, I've managed to fix my duplicated directory issue. Apparently I do not need fully qualified path's in my pom file like I thought I did.
I still cannot get maven to recognize my archetype-metadata.xml file though. Thanks for your time! Matthew Runo Software Engineer, Zappos.com [email protected] - 702-943-7833 On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Matthew Runo wrote: > Hello folks! > > I hope this makes sense, as I'm about out of ideas as to how to go about > getting my archetype to work as needed. I have two outstanding issues that I > can't seem to squash. > > 1. When I use my archetype to make a project, I get an extra directory and > I'm not sure how... Here's the resulting directory structure, when I create > my app from /Users/mruno: > > test-app > - pom.xml > ^ src > -- all the stuff under src is properly placed > ^ Users > - ^ mruno... and so on, to create an empty "resources" directory under > /Users/mruno/test/src/main/resources and /Users/mruno/test/src/test/resources > > I've no idea how or why these two empty directories are being created. When I > check out the archetype from / I do not get this directory, leading me to > think it's some sort of path issue. > > 2. I need to ask the user for some input to customize the project before > Velocity goes through and does its variable replacement. I've tried making an > archetype-metadata.xml but it seems like this file is ignored. How can I make > maven use that file? I have created an archetype.xml as well, and it seems to > be used. I've attached both files here: > > --= archetype.xml =-- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><archetype> > <id>site-manager-app</id> > <sources> > <source filtered="true">src/main/java/TestControl.java</source> > </sources> > <testSources> > <source filtered="true">src/test/java/TestControlTest.java</source> > </testSources> > <resources> > <resource filtered="true">src/main/resources/build.properties</resource> > <resource filtered="true">src/main/resources/log4j.xml</resource> > <resource filtered="true">src/test/resources/build.properties</resource> > <resource filtered="true">src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml</resource> > <resource > filtered="true">src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-security.xml</resource> > <resource > filtered="true">src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml</resource> > </resources> > <siteResources> > <resource > filtered="false">src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/freemarker/header.ftl</resource> > <resource > filtered="false">src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/freemarker/login.ftl</resource> > <resource > filtered="false">src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/freemarker/macros/library.ftl</resource> > <resource > filtered="false">src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/freemarker/test.ftl</resource> > </siteResources> > </archetype> > > --= archetype-metadata.xml =-- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <archetype-descriptor name="site-manager-app" partial="true"> > <id>site-manager-app</id> > <requiredProperties> > <requiredProperty key="name"> > <defaultValue>My Sample Application</defaultValue> > </requiredProperty> > <requiredProperty key="description" /> > </requiredProperties> > <fileSets> > <fileSet packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8"> > <directory>./src/main/java</directory> > <includes> > <include>**/*.java</include> > </includes> > </fileSet> > <fileSet packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8"> > <directory>./src/test/java</directory> > <includes> > <include>**/*.java</include> > </includes> > </fileSet> > <fileSet encoding="UTF-8"> > <directory>./src/main/webapp/WEB-INF</directory> > <includes> > <include>**/*.xml</include> > </includes> > </fileSet> > <fileSet encoding="UTF-8"> > <directory>./src/main/resources</directory> > <includes> > <include>**/*.xml</include> > <include>**/*.properties</include> > </includes> > </fileSet> > <fileSet encoding="UTF-8"> > <directory>./src/test/resources</directory> > <includes> > <include>**/*.xml</include> > <include>**/*.properties</include> > </includes> > </fileSet> > <fileSet encoding="UTF-8"> > <directory>./src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/freemarker</directory> > <includes> > <include>*.ftl</include> > <include>**/*.ftl</include> > </includes> > </fileSet> > </archetype-descriptor> > > I really appreciate your time and help! Forgive me if I'm making silly > mistakes... so far as I can tell though, I'm not. > > Matthew Runo > Software Engineer, Zappos.com > [email protected] - 702-943-7833 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
