Question

I have been busy in my project creating a webapp (in struts) that manages maven, using maven-2.2.1-uber.jar link text. The problem comes when the boss says it has to use some archetypes the company has created (so no predefined archetypes for you naughty boy!). So ok, I use the -DarchetypeRepository option (with ServletWrapper I get my complete web direction, becouse the repository will be inside the app), and the log seems to find it, but then the build fails -miserably- with this little text ‘Build Failure – The defined artifact is not an archetype’ as simple as that. Of course I have a lot of INFO lines that say abslutily nothig related. I have read the maven definitive guide searching for some kind of help, but it has been disapointing at best.

My thoughts are thatmaybe I am missing in somewhere of all the folders tree some xml that actually sais maven that my pom.xml is an archetype not a project. But I really, really, can’t find anything on the net or in the manuals that explains easy-handed how the archetype:generate (with special parameters) works and where I have to put every folder and/or file.

So just to say my thoughts aloud (and hopefully you understand what I am trying to ask): I have a template where I do some xml changes (variables, etc…), then I have to call maen and do an archetype:generate with a variable project. The problem seems to be that my actual confuguration doesn’t like what I am doing. After the generation of the archetype, witch luckly will create some directory trees and leave me a POM.xml somewhere I still have to do some variable changes and more xml manage stuff, so it whould be very kind from maven to don’t destroy anything in this process.

Any ideas why this maven-thing is not happly-ever-after asuming that my archetype is defintly an archetype?
Allthought I think the code is ok, it could be wrong, as I am using maven-ubber and I call the actual CSMavenCli.main(String[, ClassWorld), I don’t think it is the case this time.

Thanks and all! 🙂

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But I really, really, can’t find anything on the net or in the manuals that explains easy-handed how the archetype:generate (with special parameters) works and where I have to put every folder and/or file.

Your best bet would be to look at the sources of existing archetypes IMHO, ideally something close to what you’re doing.

Any ideas why this maven-thing is not happy-ever-after assuming that my archetype is definitely an archetype?

Honestly, I’m not sure I understood what you’re doing so, no, no idea.