Scan annotations/doclets and generate metadata
Just add this code to your project pom.xml
<project>
...
<build>
...
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.myfaces.buildtools</groupId>
<artifactId>myfaces-builder-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.2<version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>build-metadata</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
...
</build>
...
</project>This goal scans all source classes for annotations or doclets and other metadata files inside the project dependences and build the metadata file (META-INF/myfaces-metadata.xml), required by other goals to work.
Archetype using myfaces-builder-plugin
The latest myfaces-archetype-jsfcomponents available here or with version 1.0.2 or upper uses myfaces-builder-plugin to generate component classes, tag classes, config files, etc. Just checkout the code, compile it and look the instructions on Myfaces Archetypes for Maven.
Generate custom components
The code below shows how to configure the plugin to generate metadata and then use it to generate component classes.
<project>
...
<build>
...
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.myfaces.buildtools</groupId>
<artifactId>myfaces-builder-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.2<version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>build-metadata</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>makecomp</id>
<goals>
<goal>make-components</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<jsfVersion>12</jsfVersion>
<templateComponentName>myComponentTemplateClass.vm</templateComponentName>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
...
</build>
...
</project>Take a look at user guide section to see more detailed information.