This archetype will create a Sling project that can be deployed on the Sling 10. In contrast to the Apache Sling Maven Archetypes this one is geared towards creating a full project and not just a single module.
The core and ui.apps are empty Maven modules that are ready for you code.
There are also example modules with the extension of .exmaple. Please copy whatever you want from these module into the appropriate module. The example modules are not intended to be installed into Sling. Both type (regular and example) have the same structure and so you can copy them over without any problems.
If this archetype was generated with the optionAll property set to y then an all package will be created that contains both the core and the ui.apps. This enables the developer to easily deploy all modules in that project as a single unit (see below).
If this archetype was generated with the optionAll property set to n then the core bundle will be deployed as embedded bundle of the ui.apps package.
For a simple project that only contains one or two modules (bundle and content package) this seems like overkill and the same can be accomplished using the ui.apps as single deployment package.
That said for a more serious project where there are multiple bundles and content packages this becomes difficult to handle. Not only needs one Content Package to take the role of the single deployment package which requires it to add the other modules as dependencies. This can be confusing and so the dedicated All content package solves that. It contains the dependencies and the logic how to build and deploy the entire project in one step.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| groupId | Maven Group Id |
| artifactId | Maven Artifact Id |
| version | Version of your project |
| artifactName | Project Label used in the Descriptions and Module Name |
| packageGroup | Name of the Package Folder where the ui.apps is installed in (/etc/packages) |
| appsFolderName | Folder name under /apps where components etc are installed |
| contentFolderName | Folder name under /content where the content is added to |
| package | Root Package of the Java Code |
| slingModelSubPackage | Sub Package where Sling Models should be place in with no trailing dots |
| slingHostName | Host Name or IP Address of the server where Sling is hosted |
| slingPort | Port to which your Sling instance is bound to |
| optionAll | Determines if the project is created with an all package or packaged inside the ui.apps mdoule (y/n) |
| optionExample | Determines if the example code is kept in separate modules (s), merged together into single modules (m) or example code is deleted (d) |
Until this project is fully released in the public Maven Repo this is how to use it:
Build this project locally
mvn clean install
Go to your folder where you want your generated project to be
Generate it with:
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=local
Select this Archetype from a given list
Provide the requested properties
There is a simple integration test setup with this archetype. This script will build both the Merged All and UI (ui.apps packaging) and install them on the local Sling instance. The resulting pages (from the example code) can be viewed here:
You can run this one using the attached Unix shell script:
sh build.run.and.deploy.test.sh
The properties for the integration test can be found under /test/resources/projects/[all/notAll]/archetype.properties.