The question was really directed to the original poster, ichasco. I have seen other people new to Maven who seem to believe that they must create archetypes themselves manually rather than simply reusing the existing archetypes.
I want to make sure that ichasco is not heading down the wrong path. People who are new to Maven generally should not be creating archetypes. Wayne On 10/15/07, Harlan Iverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One application of it for me was a multi-project layout for an EAR with a > myfaces web application, EJB3, a persistence archive, a custom login module, > skeleton config files, etc. It's helpful if you create several projects > using the same pattern. > > On 10/15/07, Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just curious, why do you think you need to CREATE an archetype? Most > > people will simply USE an archetype that has been previously created. > > > > "mvn archetype:create ..." is simply the command to create a new > > project using an archetype. I'd be very surprised that a new user > > would want to create an archetype. > > > > What exactly are you hoping to do with Maven2? > > > > Wayne > > > > On 10/15/07, Harlan Iverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > An archetype is installed the same way as a normal artifact; so running > > 'mvn > > > install' in the directory will do it. > > > > > > In case you haven't seen it, this guide to creating archetypes helped me > > > along: > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-creating-archetypes.html > > > > > > Harlan > > > > > > On 10/15/07, ichasco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I have just started with maven and i have some questions. I have read > > the > > > > guide to creating archetype and i do not understand very well it. > > > > > > > > I know that i have to create an archetype.xml, pom.xml, ... but where > > i > > > > have > > > > to saved all these files? in .m2? where are stored archetypes? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > View this message in context: > > > > > > http://www.nabble.com/Very-newbie-question-tf4628024s177.html#a13214344 > > > > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Harlan Iverson > > > http://blog.devspan.com > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Harlan Iverson > http://blog.devspan.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
