Archetype

Maven's model for the old archetype descriptor (ie for Archetype 1.0.x).

The metadata about an archetype is stored in the archetype.xml file located in the META-INF/maven directory of its jar file.


<archetype xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/archetype-1.0.0.xsd">
  <id/>
  <allowPartial/>

  <sources>
    <source encoding=.. />
  </sources>
  <resources>
    <resource encoding=.. filtered=.. />
  </resources>

  <testSources>
    <source encoding=.. />
  </testSources>
  <testResources>
    <resource encoding=.. filtered=.. />
  </testResources>

  <siteResources>
    <resource encoding=.. filtered=.. />
  </siteResources>
</archetype>

archetype

Describes the assembly layout and packaging.

Element	Type	Description
`id`	`String`	The value should be the same as the artifactId in the archetype `pom.xml`.
`allowPartial`	`boolean`	Setting this option to `true` makes it possible to run the `archetype:create` even on existing projects. Default value: `false`
`sources/source*`	`List<Source>`	(Many) Files that will go into `src/main/java`.
`resources/resource*`	`List<Resource>`	(Many) Files that will go into `src/main/resources`.
`testSources/source*`	`List<Source>`	(Many) Files that will go into `src/test/java`.
`testResources/resource*`	`List<Resource>`	(Many) Files that will go into `src/test/resources`.
`siteResources/resource*`	`List<Resource>`	(Many) Files that will go into `src/site`.

source

Describes a source file. Note that source files are always filtered, unlike resources that can be non-filtered.

Element Content: The source file.

Attribute	Type	Description
`encoding`	`String`	The encoding to be used when reading/writing this file. Platform encoding is used by default, or ISO-8859-1 when filename ends in `.properties`

resource

Describes a resource file.

Element Content: The resource file.

Attribute	Type	Description
`encoding`	`String`	The encoding to be used when reading/writing this file. Platform encoding is used by default, or ISO-8859-1 when filename ends in `.properties`
`filtered`	`boolean`	A resource can be filtered, which means the file will be used as Velocity template. It can be non-filtered, which means the file will be copied without modification. Default value: `true`