Where is Eclipse Maven project Archtype information saved

Question

I am using Eclipse Juno with the latest Maven plugin. I use the New project Wizard, and create a new Maven project using the archetype X. Eclipse and Maven do their business and create the project and everything is awesome.

A few days later, i am creating a new project, and i would like to use the same archetype X, however i don't remember the name of this archetype.

My only hope is to find out what archetype i used for my earlier project. But i cannot locate any config file in that project that hold the archetype information (not even the POM file).

So, my question - given a Maven project, how do i find out what archetype was used to create that project?

Answer 1

As of today, i have found no discernible way to determine the Archetype of a project from the information contained in its POM file. The only way to do this is to compare your POM to that of of archtypes in Maven repository till you find a match (very subjective and indeterministic). All this applies to my experience with Eclipse projects created using Maven plugin.