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Maven Archetypes for Web Applications

This page contains maven archetypes to help you quickly and easily get started on a web project that uses the jetty plugin. Each archetype allows you to generate a template for your project based on the included sample web application. (This supposes that maven 2.x is already installed in your system)

Getting and building the archetype locally:
Download the archetype source from the list below. Unzip and navigate to the root folder. Install the archetype locally with the command mvn install.

Creating a template for a web application:
Execute the following command to create the project template:

mvn archetype:create \
-DarchetypeGroupId=com.webtide \
-DarchetypeArtifactId=<artifactId> \
-DarchetypeVersion=1.0 \
-DgroupId=<my.groupid> \
-DartifactId=<my-artifactId>

<my.groupId> and <my-artifactId> pertains to the information about the new project you want to create. For the <artifactId>, refer to the list below.

Running the sample web application:
Execute the command mvn jetty:run. Point your browser to http://localhost:8080 *.

Available archetypes:

ActiveMQ	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses ActiveMQ. The sample webapp allows a user to type in and send a message which will then be added to a Message Log. Source: maven-archetype-ActiveMQ.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-ActiveMQ Version: 5.0.0
DOJO	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses DOJO. The sample webapp displays "Hello World!" that the user may fade out or fade in. Source: maven-archetype-DOJO.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-DOJO Version: 1.0.2
cometd	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses cometd using jetty's ContinuationCometdServlet. The sample webapp echoes messages being sent to the server back to the client. Source: maven-archetype-cometd.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-cometd Version: cometd-api: 0.9.20071211, cometd-bayeux: 6.1.7, jetty: 6.1.7
DWR	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses DWR. The sample webapp allows the user to enter his name to display a customized "Hello World" greeting. Source: maven-archetype-DWR.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-DWR Version: 2.0.2
JSF	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses JSF. The sample webapp allows the user to enter his name to display a customized "Hello" greeting. Source: maven-archetype-JSF.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-JSF Version: 1.2_07
SiteMesh	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses SiteMesh. The sample webapp displays "Hello world!" and the current date. Source: maven-archetype-SiteMesh.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-SiteMesh Version: 2.3
Spring	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses Spring. The sample webapp displays "Hello world!". Source: maven-archetype-Spring.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-Spring Version: 2.5
Spring JPA	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses Spring and Hibernate JPA. The sample webapp displays "Hello world!" and allows you to modify a list of people's names and professions. The webapp requires a database to be running. The sample uses HSQL. The sample webapp is capable of running the database by typing: mvn install. Then, in another window, run the webapp by using the command: mvn jetty:run. To try the sample webapp, point your browser to http://localhost:8080. Source: maven-archetype-SpringJpa.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-SpringJpa Version: spring-2.5, hibernate-3.2.4.sp1 Contributed by: Ermanno Franco, copyright 2006
Struts	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses Struts. The sample webapp allows the user to enter his name to display a customized "Hello" greeting. Source: maven-archetype-Struts.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-Struts Version: struts2-2.0.11, struts-taglib-1.3.9
Tapestry	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses Tapestry. The sample webapp displays "Hello world!" and the current date. * To view the sample webapp, point your browser to http://localhost:8080/app. Source: maven-archetype-Tapestry.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-Tapestry Version: 4.1.3 For version 5.0.5, you can refer to this archetype.
WebWork	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses WebWork. The sample webapp allows the user to enter his name to display a customized "Hello" greeting. Source: maven-archetype-WebWork.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-WebWork Version: 2.2.6
Wicket	This archetype allows you to generate a template for a web application that uses Wicket. The sample webapp displays its own version of "Hello World!". Source: maven-archetype-Wicket.zip Artifact ID: maven-archetype-Wicket Version: 1.2.6

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