How to use my custom archetype with Maven?

Question

I just create my custom archetype project, and I run perfectly the "mvn install" command.

In my local repository, my archetype project was added correctly via m2/repository/com/mycomp/archetype-project-name.
(but it was not created in the archetype folder : m2/repository/org/apache/maven/archetypes : maybe it's normal)

But now I can't use my new custom archetype with the "mvn archetype:generation" command :

• with good parameters Maven tell me he doesn't find the archetype
• without parameters, my archetype doesn't exist in the archetype list.

Should I execute the mvn deploy command too ? I tried this, but I haven't configure another internal repository yet and it fails.

Thank in advance for your help

Answer 1

I've found a solution : when I install my archetype I need to use the option archetype:update-locate-catalog like this :

mvn install archetype:update-local-catalog

Instead a simple "mvn install" command.

And now I find my new custom archetrype in the local catalog when I want generate a new custom project :

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=local

Answer 2

To install the archetype run the following maven command:-

mvn clean install archetype:update-local-catalog

This would basically create an xml file corresponding to the archetype catalog in your repository. Hereafter, you can go the Maven Archetypes setting in your IDE and select Add Local Cataglog option and provide this local catalog path. Now, it should be visible while you are creating the new maven project from your IDE.