Re: [m2e-users] Dumb newbie archetype question

[Steve Cohen <scohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Duh, figured it out.

Note to self: try following directions next time.

Using command line maven, do exactly what author said.  These archetypes 
are inherent to maven.


On 09/13/2011 03:42 PM, Steve Cohen wrote:
> Pardon the dumb newbie question but I'm new to archetypes and am being
> driven crazy by this device that is supposed to make my life simple.
>
> OK, I've upgraded to Eclipse 3.7. I've gotten the latest m2e and
> m2e-wtp. I want to play with a simple tutorial example first. OK, this
> looks like a good one: http://www.insaneprogramming.be/?p=140
>
> First step the author recommends:
>
> > We're going to start with a basic web application, which in my case
> > means firing up Maven's mvn archetype:generate and choosing the simple
> > webapp archetype. So now we have this:
> >
> > .
> > |-- pom.xml
> > `-- src
> > `-- main
> > |-- resources
> > `-- webapp
> > |-- WEB-INF
> > | `-- web.xml
> > `-- index.jsp
>
>
>
>
> Evidently, the author thought it was too simple to provide the name of
> this simple webapp archetype, but doing a little googling, I find that
> he must mean maven-archetype-webapp from org.apache.maven.archetypes,
> which is documented to produce the structure he's aiming for.
>
> But lo and behold, I don't find this archetype in the list brought up by
> m2e. My company's Nexus repository supposedly mirrors maven central. So
> what gives? Why can't I find this SIMPLE archetype to build this SIMPLE
> project? Why is this SIMPLE thing taking me all day?
>
> <end-of-rant>
>
> Seriously, I'd appreciate any help. Has this thing been deprecated,
> removed, or something? How SHOULD I create a simple webapp from an
> archetype using m2e?
>
>
>
>
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