Maven Web Application

We can create a simple maven web application example by executing the archetype:generate command of mvn tool.

To create a simple java project using maven, you need to open command prompt and run the archetype:generate command of mvn tool.

Syntax

The syntax to generate the project architecture is given below:

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=groupid -DartifactId=artifactid 
-DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -DinteractiveMode=booleanValue

Example

The example to generate the project architecture is given below:

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.javatpoint -DartifactId=CubeGeneratorWeb 
-DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -DinteractiveMode=false

Note: Here, we are using maven-archetype-webapp to create simple maven web application. if you use maven-archetype-quickstart, it will generate a simple maven core project.

Output

Now it will generate following code in the command prompt:

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.javatpoint -DartifactId=CubeGeneratorWe
b -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -DinteractiveMode=false
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom >>
>
[INFO]
[INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom <<
<
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom --
-
[INFO] Generating project in Batch mode
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/mav
en-archetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar
Downloaded: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/mave
n-archetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar (4 KB at 3.8 KB/sec)
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/mav
en-archetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.pom
Downloaded: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/mave
n-archetype-webapp/1.0/maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.pom (533 B at 0.8 KB/sec)
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
[INFO] Using following parameters for creating project from Old (1.x) Archetype:
 maven-archetype-webapp:1.0
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.javatpoint
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: com.javatpoint
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.javatpoint
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: CubeGeneratorWeb
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: D:\
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] project created from Old (1.x) Archetype in dir: D:\CubeGeneratorWeb
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 10.273s
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Dec 26 19:25:04 IST 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 10M/24M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Generated Directory Structure

Now go to the current directory from where you have executed the mvn command. For example: d:\CubeGeneratorWeb. You will see that a simple java project is created that has the following directory:

CubeGenerator
-src
--main
---resources
---webapp
----WEB-INF
-----web.xml
----index.jsp
-pom.xml

As you can see, there are created 3 files pom.xml, index.jsp and web.xml. Let's have a quick look at these files:

1) Automatically Generated pom.xml file

<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>com.javatpoint</groupId>
  <artifactId>CubeGeneratorWeb</artifactId>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>CubeGeneratorWeb Maven Webapp</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>
  <build>
    <finalName>CubeGeneratorWeb</finalName>
  </build>
</project>

2) Automatically Generated index.jsp file

<html>
<body>
<h2>Hello World!</h2>
</body>
</html>

3) Automatically Generated web.xml file

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
 "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
 "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >

<web-app>
  <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
</web-app>