open-archetypes/multi-javaee6-archetype: Generates a *very basic* multi module Java EE 6 project composed of a parent pom project and 4 nested modules : Java Utility, EJB 3.1, Web 3.0 and EAR 6.0. No JSF nor persistence involved · GitHub

This archetype will generates a very basic multi module Java EE 6 project composed of a parent pom project and 4 nested modules :

  __artifactId__    : parent pom project
  +---__rootArtifactId__-ear : EAR 6.0 module 
  +---__rootArtifactId__-ejb : EJB 3.1 module
  +---__rootArtifactId__-util: Java Utility module
  +---__rootArtifactId__-web : Web 3.0 module

The application itself is an over architectured hello world app yet no JSF nor persistence are involved. The original purpose of this archetype was to test m2e-wtp and some Eclipse server adapters behavior. But it's actually not tied to eclipse in any way so you can use it with any Java IDE.

• JDK 1.7 or later
• maven 3.0 or later

In Eclipse, first add the Open Archetypes catalog :

• On the Archetypes Preferences page (Window > Preferences > Maven > Archetypes), click on the "Add Remote Catalog..." button

  • Catalog file : http://open-archetypes.github.com/maven-repo/releases/
  • Description : Open Archetypes

• Click OK to close the dialog

• Click OK to close the preferences

Now you can create a new project, using the Maven wizard :

• Create a new Maven project

• Click Next to land on the Archetype page

• Select the Open Archetypes catalog

• Select multi-javaee6-archetype and click Next

• You can change the required properties if needed :

  • enable_openshift : adds an openshift profile to the EAR project, so you can deploy ot to Red Hat's OpenShift PAAS Supported values are : yes, no, true, false. Defaults to yes .

• Hit Finish

• Wait for awesomeness

• Once the projects are created, you can deploy the EAR project to an application server supporting the Full Java EE 6 profile (provided you installed the proper server adapters).

The generated project has been tested to work with JBoss AS 7.1, WildFly 8.0, GlassFish 3.0 and 4.0.

Open a terminal and copy/paste

mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.4:generate -Dfilter=multi-javaee6-archetype -DarchetypeCatalog=http://open-archetypes.github.com/maven-repo/releases/

Choose 1 Fill in the required properties and proceed.

Then cd into the generated project and you can build it like any other Maven project : mvn verify

You can then deploy the generated EAR file (/-ear/target/-ear-.ear) to an application server supporting the Full Java EE 6 profile.

If you have Maven and Git installed, simply issue the following commands in a terminal to clone this GitHub repositpry and build the archetype with Maven :

git clone git://github.com/open-archetypes/multi-javaee6-archetype.git
cd multi-javaee6-archetype
mvn install