We are pleased to announce the Maven Genapp Plugin 2.0 release! 

http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/genapp/

A collection of example projects showing how to use maven in different 
situations 

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Changes in this version include:

  New Features:

o Added initial application template capability. Original idea and 
  implementation was submitted by Brian Ewins in jira(MAVEN-426). Modified 
  his jelly to use template directories inside plugin-resources. Added 
  capability for templates to define their own properties. 

  Changes:

o Add a taglib for use the generation in other plugins. 
o Changed property names to maven.genapp.* syntax 
o Prompt the user for project id, name, and package. Don't require command 
  line package specification. This change added a dependency on 
  jelly:interaction.  

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To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:

maven plugin:download
  -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://repo1.maven.org/maven,http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/
  -DgroupId=maven
  -DartifactId=maven-genapp-plugin
  -Dversion=2.0

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-genapp-plugin-2.0.jar
 

Have fun!
-The Maven Genapp Plugin development team