Create a multi-module Maven project with Eclipse

Question

I want to create a multi-mode maven project. I want to create a Parent project using

mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.websystique.multimodule -DartifactId=parent-project

But I got this error:

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 0.203 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-05-02T19:57:19+02:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 9M/309M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Could not find goal 'create' in plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:3.0.1 among available goals crawl, create-from-project, generate, help, integration-test, jar, update-local-catalog -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoNotFoundException

Answer 1

Did you read the error message?

[ERROR] Could not find goal 'create' in plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:3.0.1 among available goals crawl, create-from-project, generate, help, integration-test, jar, update-local-catalog -> [Help 1]

The error message tells you that the target you specified for the plugin ( create) is not one of the available options. It also contains a list of options:

• crawl
• create-from-project
• generate
• help
• integration-test
• jar
• update-local-catalog

The goal you are looking for is generate. For instance:

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.websystique.multimodule -DartifactId=parent-project

For more information: maven-archetype-plugin.