maven-archetype-webapp eclipse problem

Question

I\'m trying to create a very simple webapp with maven and eclipse, but I\'m having no joy at all, in fact the reverse of joy.

I go to File -> New Project, select Mav

Answer 1

a webapp structure gets generated but with no 'java' directory under main

Create src/main/java on your own.

furthermore, there seems to be no compilation of it by java. I can make stupid errors and no syntax highlighting comes up. It's like java isn't recognizing it.

after creating appropriate dir structure execute the maven command

mvn eclipse:eclipse 

then refresh the project in eclipse.

-SE