Generate project in batch mode

It is possible to get rid of the interactivity of the Maven Archetype Plugin by setting the interactive property to false or by using the -B flag. A couple of meaningful properties are then required:

• The archetypeGroupId, archetypeArtifactId and archetypeVersion defines the archetype to use for project generation.
• The groupId, artifactId, version and package are the main properties to be set. Each archetype require these properties. Some archetypes define other properties; refer to the appropriate archetype's documentation if needed.

$ mvn archetype:generate -B -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DarchetypeVersion=1.1 -DgroupId=com.company -DartifactId=project -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT -Dpackage=com.company.project
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
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[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
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[INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom >>>
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[INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom <<<
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[INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
[INFO] Generating project in Batch mode
[INFO] Archetype repository missing. Using the one from [org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:1.1] found in catalog remote
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[INFO] Using following parameters for creating project from Old (1.x) Archetype: maven-archetype-quickstart:1.1
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[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.company
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: com.company.project
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.company.project
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: project
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /Users/maven/dev
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] project created from Old (1.x) Archetype in dir: /Users/maven/dev/project
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[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
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[INFO] Total time: 9.184s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Feb 04 11:53:24 CET 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 9M/265M
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