The README is a bit outdated (please register an issue), you can simple run:
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/ and select archetype from the list, I'm using it all the time (but with IDEA so I don't have a problems with Maven based projects) Regards -- Łukasz + 48 606 323 122 http://www.lenart.org.pl/ 2013/9/11 Christoph Nenning <christoph.nenn...@lex-com.net>: > Dear List, > > > today I had some trouble getting a new project working based on a maven > archetype. > > I must admit that I don't have much maven experience, so some of this may > be n00b supidity. > I'm posting this anyway in the hope that it helps others. > > It may be even worth to put parts of this in the wiki? > > > > First of all I wanted to use the converter-plugin archetype from svn > trunk. > > After reading > https://struts.apache.org/release/2.0.x/docs/struts-maven-archetypes.html > and > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/struts2/tags/STRUTS_2_3_15_1/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/README.txt > > I tried some different repository URLs. What finally worked was this: > > > mvn archetype:generate -B -DgroupId=foo \ > -DartifactId=bar \ > -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.struts \ > -DarchetypeArtifactId=struts2-archetype-convention \ > -DarchetypeVersion=2.3.15.1 \ > -DremoteRepositories=http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/struts2/tags/ > > so, actually not trunk but the most recent tag. But I don't understand how > maven constructs the final archetype URL from this parameters. Anyway, I > got this part working. > > There was a Windows issue which caused some other trouble. Windows cmd > uses ^ as escaping character, instead of \. But to make the project > creation work I could not use escaping. The whole thing had to be put in > one single line. > > > Afterwards I tried to import that project in eclipse. > The most recent eclipse version is 4.3 (kepler), which I cannot use due to > 3rd party plugins I need. > > To make struts2 archetype projects work one needs 2 eclipse plugins: > - m2e > - m2e-wtp > (in fact you need a lot more wtp-whatever plugins to get JavaEE support, > but I think everybody has that) > > > The versions of those 2 plugins bundled with eclipse 4.2 cannot handle > struts2 archetypes. Here you can create eclipse project files on the > command line: > mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=1.5 > > Then import the project with "General -> Import existing project" > > > Fortunately the maven-plugins have been improved a lot during last year. > If you use eclipse 4.3 you get the new plugins automatically. You can > install the new plugins in eclipse 4.2 with an update site found here: > https://www.eclipse.org/m2e-wtp/download/ > > > With the most recent plugins in place you can create your new project > without commandline. > > Choose: > New -> Other -> Maven Project > On the 3rd wizard page there is a button called "Add Archetype". You can > insert the above parameters there. > > To avoid that eclipse takes ages to download other archetypes you should > switch the Catalog field to "Default Local". > > > > > Regards, > Christoph > > This Email was scanned by Sophos Anti Virus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
