A simple Maven Archetype for Java

Generates a minimal Maven project for Java with

• JDK 23 (or any version you specify, read below)
• JUnit 5.10.x

How to use

Selecting Java version

Change the jdkVersion property to change the JDK version. Default value is currently 22.

Activate/deactivate Java preview features

Change the javaPreviewFeatures property to no or n if you want to disable preview features. Default value is yes, which means this archetype will generate a pom.xml file that allows you to use the newest preview features of Java.

Generating a new Java project from CLI

Change the values of DgroupId, -DartifactId and -Dversion to match your own project details. These properties are required. archetypeGroupId, archetypeArtifactId and archetypeVersion must remain as is.

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=no.dervis \
                    -DarchetypeArtifactId=java-starter \
                    -DarchetypeVersion=1.0.13 \
                    -DgroupId=org.mygroup \
                    -DartifactId=demoapp \
                    -Dversion=1.0.0 \
                    -DjdkVersion=23 \
                    -DjavaPreviewFeatures=yes \
                    -DinteractiveMode=false

Maven Central

https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/no.dervis/java-starter/1.0.13

Useful Maven commands for beginners

Clean and compile

• mvn clean compile

Clean, compile and install

• mvn clean install

Check if there is newer versions of your dependencies

• mvn versions:display-dependency-updates

Upgrade snapshot versions to the closest release

• mvn versions:use-releases

Updating dependencies to the next version

• mvn versions:use-next-releases

Updating dependencies to the latest version

• mvn versions:use-latest-releases