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Created by anandindnr on Sep 25, 2010 11:06 AM. Last modified by anandindnr on Mar 8, 2012 11:06 AM.

    Developing a Java Web Project with maven support for Eclipse JavaEE IDE is a tedious task. After searching through internet I found out that its difficult as well as error prone. Finally I decided to develop my own maven archetype which after running a simple command creates a sample project in few seconds.

     

    The project additionally supports very popular JSF library Richfaces which has excellent support for AJAX and has a very rich set of controls.

     

    The features supported by this maven archetype project is:-
    1) Java EE based Web project
    2) Eclipse IDE for JavaEE (3.4 or higher)
    3) Maven 2
    4) Richfaces
    5) JBoss and Maven2 repository for dependencies.

     

    To develope a sample project follow these steps
    1) Install Maven2 or higher

    2) Modify your MAVEN_HOME\conf\settings.xml, and Add this Profile to "profiles" section:-

     

         <profile>
            <id>richfaces-maven-archetype</id>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <repositories>
                <repository>
                    <id>jboss</id>
                    <name>Repository for Archetype</name>
                    <url>http://richfaces-maven-plugin.googlecode.com/svn/maven2</url>
                    <releases>
                            <enabled>true</enabled>
                            <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
                    </releases>
                </repository>
            </repositories>
         </profile>


    3) Run this command from command line:-

     

    mvn archetype:create \
                 -DarchetypeGroupId=org.jboss.richfaces \
                 -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-richfaces \
                 -DarchetypeVersion=1.0.0 \
                 -DgroupId=demo-rich \
                 -DartifactId=rich-sample-app
                 
    ** Here \ means that the command should be on same line as previous one

     

    4) Import this new project in Eclipse JavaEE IDE

     

    See more details on the plug-in site:-
    http://code.google.com/p/richfaces-maven-plugin/

     

    Richfaces Maven Project Plug-in for Eclipse is ready:-
    Follow above link to install the plug-in.

     

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    ...anand