Quick Java Archetype

Using the latest release (from maven central)

mvn archetype:generate \
    -DarchetypeGroupId=com.singingbush \
    -DarchetypeArtifactId=quick-java-archetype \
    -DarchetypeVersion=1.2.0 \
    -DgroupId=<my.groupid> \
    -DartifactId=<my-artifactId> \
    -DjavaVersion=11

The javaVersion option can be 1.8, 11, 17, or 21. The default is Java 11. If the JDK version supports JPMS then a module-info.java will be created in the generated project.

The configureGitHubAction option (since 1.2.0) can be used to generate a .github/ directory in the project with CI and Dependabot pre-configured.

Building from source and using latest snapshot (local install)

When building a release Java 8 should be used for maximum compatibility. However, as JDK 11 is required for the integration tests releases (either maven install or maven deploy) should use the skip tests property:

JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.test.skip=true

Then when using the locally installed build make sure to use -DarchetypeCatalog=local:

mvn archetype:generate \
    -DarchetypeCatalog=local
    -DarchetypeGroupId=com.singingbush \
    -DarchetypeArtifactId=quick-java-archetype \
    -DarchetypeVersion=1.2.1-SNAPSHOT \
    -DgroupId=<my.groupid> \
    -DartifactId=<my-artifactId> \
    -DjavaVersion=11