In this section, you will learn to create a simple Java web application project from Maven Template.

Create project from Maven Template

In this section, you will learn to create a simple Java web application project from Maven Template.

Maven comes with 40+ Maven template projects for quick start. You can use any template to create your own project :

Follow the step to create a simple Java web application project from Maven template:

Step 1: Go to the folder where you want to generate the web application. ex. C:\maven_template_project and run the command mvn archetype:generate as follows :

C:\maven_template_project>mvn archetype:generate [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] task-segment: [archetype:generate] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Preparing archetype:generate [INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping [INFO] Setting property: classpath.resource.loader.class => 'org.codehaus.plexus .velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader'. [INFO] Setting property: velocimacro.messages.on => 'false'. [INFO] Setting property: resource.loader => 'classpath'. [INFO] Setting property: resource.manager.logwhenfound => 'false'. [INFO] [archetype:generate {execution: default-cli}] [INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode [INFO] No archetype defined. Using maven-archetype-quickstart (org.apache.maven. archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:1.0) Choose archetype: 1: internal -> appfuse-basic-jsf (AppFuse archetype for creating a web applicati on with Hibernate, Spring and JSF) 2: internal -> appfuse-basic-spring (AppFuse archetype for creating a web applic ation with Hibernate, Spring and Spring MVC) 3: internal -> appfuse-basic-struts (AppFuse archetype for creating a web applic ation with Hibernate, Spring and Struts 2) 4: internal -> appfuse-basic-tapestry (AppFuse archetype for creating a web appl ication with Hibernate, Spring and Tapestry 4) 5: internal -> appfuse-core (AppFuse archetype for creating a jar application wi th Hibernate and Spring and XFire) 6: internal -> appfuse-modular-jsf (AppFuse archetype for creating a modular app lication with Hibernate, Spring and JSF) 7: internal -> appfuse-modular-spring (AppFuse archetype for creating a modular application with Hibernate, Spring and Spring MVC) 8: internal -> appfuse-modular-struts (AppFuse archetype for creating a modular application with Hibernate, Spring and Struts 2) 9: internal -> appfuse-modular-tapestry (AppFuse archetype for creating a modula r application with Hibernate, Spring and Tapestry 4) 10: internal -> maven-archetype-j2ee-simple (A simple J2EE Java application) 11: internal -> maven-archetype-marmalade-mojo (A Maven plugin development proje ct using marmalade) 12: internal -> maven-archetype-mojo (A Maven Java plugin development project) 13: internal -> maven-archetype-portlet (A simple portlet application) 14: internal -> maven-archetype-profiles () 15: internal -> maven-archetype-quickstart () 16: internal -> maven-archetype-site-simple (A simple site generation project) 17: internal -> maven-archetype-site (A more complex site project) 18: internal -> maven-archetype-webapp (A simple Java web application) 19: internal -> struts2-archetype-starter (A starter Struts 2 application with S itemesh, DWR, and Spring) 20: internal -> struts2-archetype-blank (A minimal Struts 2 application) 21: internal -> struts2-archetype-portlet (A minimal Struts 2 application that c an be deployed as a portlet) 22: internal -> struts2-archetype-dbportlet (A starter Struts 2 portlet that dem onstrates a simple CRUD interface with db backing) 23: internal -> struts2-archetype-plugin (A Struts 2 plugin) 24: internal -> shale-archetype-blank (A blank Shale web application with JSF) 25: internal -> maven-adf-archetype (Archetype to ease the burden of creating a new application based with ADF) 26: internal -> data-app (A new Databinder application with sources and resource s.) 27: internal -> jini-service-archetype (Archetype for Jini service project creat ion) 28: internal -> softeu-archetype-seam (JSF+Facelets+Seam Archetype) 29: internal -> softeu-archetype-seam-simple (JSF+Facelets+Seam (no persistence) Archetype) 30: internal -> softeu-archetype-jsf (JSF+Facelets Archetype) 31: internal -> jpa-maven-archetype (JPA application) 32: internal -> spring-osgi-bundle-archetype (Spring-OSGi archetype) 33: internal -> confluence-plugin-archetype (Atlassian Confluence plugin archety pe) 34: internal -> jira-plugin-archetype (Atlassian JIRA plugin archetype) 35: internal -> maven-archetype-har (Hibernate Archive) 36: internal -> maven-archetype-sar (JBoss Service Archive) 37: internal -> wicket-archetype-quickstart (A simple Apache Wicket project) 38: internal -> quickstart (A simple Apache Tapestry 5 Project) 39: internal -> scala-archetype-simple (A simple scala project) 40: internal -> lift-archetype-blank (A blank/empty liftweb project) 41: internal -> lift-archetype-basic (The basic (liftweb) project) 42: internal -> cocoon-22-archetype-block-plain ([http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/m aven-plugins/]) 43: internal -> cocoon-22-archetype-block ([http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/maven-p lugins/]) 44: internal -> cocoon-22-archetype-webapp ([http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/maven- plugins/]) Choose a number: (1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/2 4/25/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44) 15: : 18 [INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-webapp: checking for updates from maven-archetype-webapp-repo [INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-webapp: checking for updates from central Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar Define value for groupId: : net.roseindia Define value for artifactId: : roseindiaWebApp Define value for version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT: : 1.0 Define value for package: : testing Confirm properties configuration: groupId: net.roseindia artifactId: roseindiaWebApp version: 1.0 package: testing Y: : y Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-arc hetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [INFO] Using following parameters for creating OldArchetype: maven-archetype-web app:RELEASE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: net.roseindia [INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: testing [INFO] Parameter: package, Value: testing [INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: roseindiaWebApp [INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: C:\maven_template_project [INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0 [INFO] ********************* End of debug info from resources from generated POM *********************** [INFO] OldArchetype created in dir: C:\maven_template_project\roseindiaWebApp [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1 minute 33 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Fri Jul 13 16:40:37 GMT+05:30 2012 [INFO] Final Memory: 9M/21M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

You need to provide groupId, artifactId, version and value for package.

As you can see, there are 44 templates, you can choose any template by providing its sequence number :

The simple web application project created by this template is given below:

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