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]

Reply via email to