To quickly get started with JSF 2.0 I’ve created a maven archetype. To use this archetype, you must have Maven 2, Tomcat 6 and Eclipse installed on your machine. Follow the steps below to get a new project up and running:
Step 1: Go to your workspace folder
cd c:\workspaces\DevWorkspace
Step 2: Generate a new project
To generate a new project using the archetype, you must use the following command:
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=nl.jwse.archtypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=martino -DarchetypeVersion=1.0 -DgroupId=[YOUR GROUP ID] -DartifactId=[YOUR ARTIFACT] DpackageName=[YOUR PACKAGE_NAME] -DremoteRepositories=http://www.jwse.nl/maven2
for example
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=nl.jwse.archtypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=martino -DarchetypeVersion=1.0 -DgroupId=com.acme.sample -DartifactId=jsf2demo -DpackageName=nl.jwse.sample.jsf2demo -DremoteRepositories=http://www.jwse.nl/maven2
Step 3: Go inside the new project folder
cd c:\workspaces\DevWorkspace\jsf2demo
Step 4: Generate an Eclipse project
mvn eclipse:eclipse
This command will generate a WTP eclipse project for you.
Step 5: Import the project into Eclipse
As you can see below the archetype creates a complete project to get you started.
Step 6: Add the project to the Tomcat server and start the server
Step 7: Point your browser to http://localhost:8080/jsf2demo
