Specify archetype for archetype:generate on command line

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Ron Romero picture Ron Romero · Feb 5, 2011 · Viewed 8.3k times · Source

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)

Answer

McDowell picture McDowell · Feb 5, 2011

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

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