Alexander Hars wrote: > Hi, > > I have read the "Guide to creating archetypes" but I am not sure > about a few things: > > I assume that we create the archetype as a maven-plugin. Then it > needs a pom. Do I include the <archetype> ... </archetype> in the > archetype plugin's pom.xml? Do I also need to define > <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging> ? Do we need to define any > <dependencies> ? > > When the archetype initializes a project, it needs to create a > pom.xml for the new project. That pom.xml is different from the > archetype plugin pom.xml. So how do I define the pom.xml that the > archetype plugin should create? >
Have a look at the example archetypes here [1], they helped me a lot in understanding how archetypes are meant to be structured. Jorg [1] http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/components/trunk/maven-archetype/maven-archetypes/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
