7.2.2. Create an EJB Archive Project in Maven

Procedure 7.2. Create an EJB Archive project in Maven

1. Create the Maven project

   An EJB project can be created using Maven's archetype system and the ejb-javaee6 archetype. To do this run the mvn command with parameters as shown:

    mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.codehaus.mojo.archetypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=ejb-javaee6 

   Maven will prompt you for the groupId, artifactId, version and package for your project.

   [localhost]$ mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.codehaus.mojo.archetypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=ejb-javaee6
   [INFO] Scanning for projects...
   [INFO]                                                                         
   [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
   [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [INFO] 
   [INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom >>>
   [INFO] 
   [INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom <<<
   [INFO] 
   [INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
   [INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode
   [INFO] Archetype [org.codehaus.mojo.archetypes:ejb-javaee6:1.5] found in catalog remote
   Define value for property 'groupId': : com.shinysparkly
   Define value for property 'artifactId': : payment-arrangments
   Define value for property 'version':  1.0-SNAPSHOT: : 
   Define value for property 'package':  com.shinysparkly: : 
   Confirm properties configuration:
   groupId: com.company
   artifactId: payment-arrangments
   version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
   package: com.company.collections
   Y: : 
   [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
   [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [INFO] Total time: 32.440s
   [INFO] Finished at: Mon Oct 31 10:11:12 EST 2011
   [INFO] Final Memory: 7M/81M
   [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [localhost]$

2. Add your enterprise beans

   Write your enterprise beans and add them to the project under the src/main/java directory in the appropriate sub-directory for the bean's package.

3. Build the project

   To build the project, run the mvn package command in the same directory as the pom.xml file. This will compile the Java classes and package the JAR file. The built JAR file is named artifactId-version.jar and is placed in the target/ directory.