It is possible to use an alternative catalog as the internal one by defining the archetypeCatalog property to a specific value which can be one of:
The default value is local,internal . Thus the internal catalog is shown just after the local one.
$ mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://cocoon.apache.org [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] task-segment: [archetype:generate] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Preparing archetype:generate [INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping [INFO] Setting property: classpath.resource.loader.class => 'org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader'. [INFO] Setting property: velocimacro.messages.on => 'false'. [INFO] Setting property: resource.loader => 'classpath'. [INFO] Setting property: resource.manager.logwhenfound => 'false'. [INFO] [archetype:generate] [INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode [INFO] No archetype defined. Using maven-archetype-quickstart (org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:1.0) Choose archetype: 1: http://cocoon.apache.org -> cocoon-22-archetype-block-plain (Creates an empty Cocoon block; useful if you want to add another block to a Cocoon application) 2: http://cocoon.apache.org -> cocoon-22-archetype-block (Creates a Cocoon block containing some small samples) 3: http://cocoon.apache.org -> cocoon-22-archetype-webapp (Creates a web application configured to host Cocoon blocks. Just add the block dependencies) Choose a number: (1/2/3): 1 Downloading: http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/mac/org/apache/cocoon/cocoon-22-archetype-block-plain/1.0.0/cocoon-22-archetype-block-plain-1.0.0.jar 13K downloaded Define value for groupId: : com.company Define value for artifactId: : example Define value for version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT: : Define value for package: com.company: : com.company.example Confirm properties configuration: groupId: com.company artifactId: example version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT package: com.company.example Y: : [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] Using following parameters for creating OldArchetype: cocoon-22-archetype-block-plain:1.0.0 [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.company [INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: com.company.example [INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.company.example [INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: example [INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /private/tmp/archetype [INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT [WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/pom.xml [line 20,column 6] : $Id is not a valid reference. [INFO] ********************* End of debug info from resources from generated POM *********************** [WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/src/main/resources/META-INF/cocoon/spring/block-servlet-service.xml [line 20,column 6] : $Id is not a valid reference. [WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/src/main/resources/META-INF/cocoon/spring/block-application-context.xml [line 18,column 6] : $Id is not a valid reference. [INFO] OldArchetype created in dir: /private/tmp/archetype/example [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1 minute 20 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Tue Sep 09 19:10:51 CEST 2008 [INFO] Final Memory: 8M/15M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------