archetypes

#Creating a Microservice using the msf4j-microservice Maven archetype

A Microservice based on WSO2 Microservices Framework for Java (MSF4J) can be created with single command using this Maven archetype.

Here is an example;

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.wso2.msf4j -DarchetypeArtifactId=msf4j-microservice 
-DarchetypeVersion=1.0.0 -DgroupId=org.example -DartifactId=myservice -Dversion=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT 
-Dpackage=org.example.service

The above command will create an MSF4J microservice project structure for you similar to the one shown below;

myservice
├── pom.xml
└── src
    └── main
        └── java
            └── org
                └── example
                    └── service
                        ├── Application.java
                        └── MyService.java

##Properties

The following table lists down the properties specific to the msf4j-microservice Maven archetype;

Property	Description	Mandatory/Optional
archetypeGroupId	The groupId of the archetype	Mandatory
archetypeArtifactId	The artifactId of the archetype	Mandatory
archetypeVersion	The version of the archetype	Optional

The table below lists down the properties which are specific to the project you create.

Property	Description	Default value
groupId	The groupId of the project	org.example
artifactId	The artifactId of the project	msf4j-service
version	The version of the project	1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
package	The package hierarchy of the project	org.example.service
serviceClass	The names of the microservice class	org.example.service

For more information about Maven archetypes, see http://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/generate-mojo.html