Hello ===== The parameterization tutorial demonstrates a component implementing the Avalon Parameterizable interface. Build ----- Build the project using the following command: $ maven The above command triggers the default goal jar:jar which will create a jar file under the target directory named parameters-1.0.jar. The jar file contains a single component, generated .xinfo descriptor, and a bundled block.xml deployment descriptor. Runtime ------- To see Merlin in action, execute Merlin and give it either the jar file of the target/classes directory as the deployment argument. $ merlin target\classes -execute Or: $ merlin target\parameters-1.0.jar -execute