mvn archetype:generate BUILD FAILURE

Question

I am following the tutorial: http://persistentdesigns.com/wp/jersey-spring-and-jpa/ Here it says, run the command

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://download.java.net/maven/2

After that give the groupId, ArtifactId, etc. I ran the above command. But before asking for groupId, it asked for:

Choose a number or apply filter (format: [groupId:]artifactId, case sensitive contains):

Since, this number is not given in the tutorial, I went through the given options in the command line and chose 3. After that it asked for the groupId and other. I gave all the options and then pressed enter. But I got a build failure saying Error reading POM.

Here's the output:

Choose archetype:
1: http://download.java.net/maven/2 -> com.sun.jersey.archetypes:jersey-quickstart-    
grizzly (Archetype for creating a RESTful web application with Jersey and Grizzly)
2: http://download.java.net/maven/2 -> com.sun.jersey.archetypes:jersey-quickstart-grizzly2 (Archetype for creating a RESTful web application with Jersey and Grizzly 2.x)
3: http://download.java.net/maven/2 -> com.sun.jersey.archetypes:jersey-quickstart-webapp (Archetype for creating a Jersey based RESTful web application with WAR packaging)
4: http://download.java.net/maven/2 -> com.sun.jersey.archetypes:jersey-quickstart-ejb (Archetype for creating a Jersey based RESTful EJB application with WAR packaging)
5: http://download.java.net/maven/2 -> com.sun.faces:simple-jsf (Archetype for creating a simple JSF project)
6: http://download.java.net/maven/2 -> com.sun.faces.regression:i_jsf_XXXX-archetype (Archetype for mojarra JSF regression tests)
Choose a number or apply filter (format: [groupId:]artifactId, case sensitive contains): : 3
Define value for property 'groupId': : com.persistent
Define value for property 'artifactId': : jerseySpringJPA
Define value for property 'version':  1.0-SNAPSHOT: : <CR>
Define value for property 'package':  com.persistent: : com.persistent.rest
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: com.persistent
artifactId: jerseySpringJPA
version: <CR>
package: com.persistent.rest
 Y: : Y
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Using following parameters for creating project from Old (1.x) Archetype: jersey-quickstart-webapp:1.8
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.persistent
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: com.persistent.rest
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.persistent.rest
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: jerseySpringJPA
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /mwallet
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: <CR>
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1:32.278s
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Aug 02 00:55:41 GMT+05:30 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 7M/81M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Error reading POM -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException

I have no idea why it is not reading the POM. Am I missing anything here? Please help! Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I am able to create a module without any problem. Please see the attached screenshot.

It seems like the version number you passed is not correct.

Thanks

Answer 2

I solved the issue!

For

Define value for property 'version':  1.0-SNAPSHOT: :

I was initially entering < CR > as mentioned in the tutorial. Now, I am leaving it blank, which is actually making the version as 1.0-SNAPSHOT.

This solved the issue. Now the build is successful! Here's the output:

5: http://download.java.net/maven/2 -> com.sun.faces:simple-jsf (Archetype for creating a simple JSF project)
6: http://download.java.net/maven/2 -> com.sun.faces.regression:i_jsf_XXXX-archetype (Archetype for mojarra JSF regression tests)
Choose a number or apply filter (format: [groupId:]artifactId, case sensitive contains): : 3
Define value for property 'groupId': : com.persistent
Define value for property 'artifactId': : jerseySpringJPA     
Define value for property 'version':  1.0-SNAPSHOT: : 
Define value for property 'package':  com.persistent: : com.persistent.rest
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: com.persistent
artifactId: jerseySpringJPA
version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: com.persistent.rest
 Y: : Y
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Using following parameters for creating project from Old (1.x) Archetype: jersey-quickstart-webapp:1.8
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.persistent
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: com.persistent.rest
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.persistent.rest
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: jerseySpringJPA
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /mwallet
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] project created from Old (1.x) Archetype in dir: /mwallet/jerseySpringJPA
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1:04.013s
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Aug 02 01:49:42 GMT+05:30 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 7M/81M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------