README

Apache Wicket Archetypes
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This is the README file for the archetypes directory

Wicket's archetypes directory is a collection of Apache Maven project 
archetypes designed for Wicket.

Contents
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 - Requirements
 - Getting started
 - Usage

Requirements
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To install and use these archetypes Apache Maven (http://maven.apache.org)
needs to be present.


Getting started
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Installation:
>cd archetypes
>cd <archetype-folder>
>mvn install
 
Usage
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Creating a maven project using one of the archetypes:
>mvn archetype:create \
  -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.wicket \
  -DarchetypeArtifactId=<archetypeArtifactId> \
  -DarchetypeVersion=<archetypeVersion> \
  -DgroupId=<groupId> \
  -DartifactId=<artifactId>
e.g.:
>mvn archetype:create \
  -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.wicket\
  -DarchetypeArtifactId=wicket-archetype-quickstart \
  -DarchetypeVersion=9.0.0-SNAPSHOT \
  -DgroupId=com.mycompany \
  -DartifactId=myproject
  
Launching Generated Application Using Jetty
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>cd myproject
>mvn jetty:run

Browse to http://localhost:8080/

Generated Eclipse Project From Generated Application
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>cd myproject
>mvn eclipse:eclipse -DdownloadSources=true

Open Eclipse. Choose File/Import/Existing Project and point it to myproject directory