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Ron Ziroby Romero
Ron Ziroby Romero

Reputation: 9459

Specify archetype for archetype:generate on command line

I'm generating a Maven archetype for a simple project. I use archetype:generate, and it gives me a list of types of archetypes to generate. I'm pretty sure I want

99: remote -> maven-archetype-quickstart (An archetype which contains a sample Maven project.)

I can just enter "99" interactively, but I'm trying to write a blog post. I don't want to tell my readers "search for maven-archetype-quickstart in the hundreds of options", and I know it won't always be number 99.

So, how do I specify on the command line the archetype to generate?

(A similar question discusses which archetype to use, but not how to specify it non-interactively)

Upvotes: 11

Views: 9144

Answers (1)

McDowell
McDowell

Reputation: 108969

You can provide arguments via system properties, as in:

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-app -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false

Upvotes: 16

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