TheNEXUS

First, let’s use the Maven Archetype plugin to create a basic skeleton for the Simple Weather project. Execute the following command to create a new project, press enter to use the default maven-archetype-quickstart and the latest version of the archetype, and then enter "Y" to confirm and generate the new project. Note that the number for the archetype will be different on your execution:

$ mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=org.sonatype.mavenbook.custom \
      -DartifactId=simple-weather \
      -Dversion=1.0

[INFO] Preparing archetype:generate
...
[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:
...
16: internal -> maven-archetype-quickstart ()
...
Choose a number:  (...) 16: : 16
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: org.sonatype.mavenbook.custom
artifactId: simple-weather
version: 1.0
package: org.sonatype.mavenbook.custom
Y: : Y
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: org.sonatype.mavenbook.custom
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: org.sonatype.mavenbook.custom
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: org.sonatype.mavenbook.custom
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: simple-weather
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /private/tmp
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Once the Maven Archetype plugin creates the project, go into the simple-weather directory and take a look at the pom.xml file. You should see the XML document that’s shown in Initial POM for the simple-weather Project.

Initial POM for the simple-weather Project. 

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
                             http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook.custom</groupId>
    <artifactId>simple-weather</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <name>simple-weather</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>

Next, you will need to configure the Maven Compiler plugin to target Java 5. To do this, add the build element to the initial POM as shown in POM for the simple-weather Project with Compiler Configuration.

POM for the simple-weather Project with Compiler Configuration. 

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
                             http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook.custom</groupId>
    <artifactId>simple-weather</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <name>simple-weather</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.12</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.3</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.5</source>
                    <target>1.5</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

Notice that we passed in the version parameter to the archetype:generate goal. This overrides the default value of 1.0-SNAPSHOT. In this project, we’re developing the 1.0 version of the simple-weather project as you can see in the pom.xml version element.