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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="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="https://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 is: 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 is: true.