Introduction

The woapplication-archetype is a template to create WebObjects applications. If you start a project using this archetype, all the basic WebObjects files are generated following the standard directory layout.

This archetype requires the most recent version of maven-archetype-plugin 2.0-alpha-X or later. See maven-archetype-woapplication if you want to use an older version of maven-archetype-plugin.

Usage

Warning At the time of writing, the Archetype plug-in was in a very early alpha version. This plug-in uses catalogs to know about specific archetypes. You can download the archetype catalog with information about the woapplication-archetype here. You have to save this file into your local repository (.m2) or merge the contents if a file with the same name already exists.

This archetype allows you to generate a basic project for a WebObjects application. To use this archetype execute the following command:

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=local

Choose the archetype:

1: local -> woapplication-archetype (WebObjects Application Archetype)

Define the project properties:

• groupId - the groupId for the new project pom.xml.
• artifactId - the artifactId for the new project.
• version - an initial version for your project.
• package - the package where WebObjects basic classes will be placed.
• WebObjectsVersion - the WebObjects version used in the project. The default value for this property is 5.4.1.
• WonderSupport - type 'yes' if you want the Wonder framework support in your classes. The default value for this property is 'no'.

Standard Directory Layout for WebObjects Applications

"Having a common directory layout would allow for users familiar with one Maven project to immediately feel at home in another Maven project. The advantages are analogous to adopting a site-wide look-and-feel." (http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html)

The woapplication-archetype provides some additional directories to conform to WebObjects development in addition to the Maven Standard Directory Layout:

my-app
|-- pom.xml
`-- src
    `-- main
        |-- java
        |   `-- my
        |       `-- group
        |           |-- app
        |           |    |-- Application.java
        |           |    |-- DirectAction.java
        |           |    `-- Session.java
        |           |
        |           `-- components
        |                `-- Main.java
        |
        |-- resources
        |   |-- Info.plist
        |   `-- Properties
        |
        |-- components
        |   |-- Main.api
        |   `-- Main.wo
        |       |-- Main.html
        |       |-- Main.wod
        |       `-- Main.woo
        |
        |-- webapp
        |   `-- WEB-INF
        |       |-- web.xml
        |       `-- LICENSE
        |
        `-- webserver-resources