Hi, I'm new to using maven and want to set up a custom project template archetype that will create a specific file structure and put a few key documents in specific places at the start of each new project.
The trouble I'm having is in setting up this archetype. I have read the guide at http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-creating-archetypes.html but it does not say if I already need to have this file structure created to install this archetype or if having the file paths written in the <sources> tags in the archetype file is enough. It also gives little information on why there are two pom.xml files in the example and what is the difference between them What are the steps in creating a custom archetype? Is it: 1.. Create archtype.xml with accompanying <sources> tags etc 2.. 'install' this archetype using mvn install 3.. Use archetype create to use this new archetype I apologise if this seems like a basic problem but there are few clear web pages written on the subject, Many thanks for any help, Anthony Ryan
