4.1. Creating project for component

At first we need to create a project for the component itself. In the library directory Sandbox you just created, launch the following command (all in one line):


mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.richfaces.cdk -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-jsf-component -DarchetypeVersion=3.3.3.Final -DartifactId=inputDate

As is easy to see a new directory with the name inputDate will be created. It does not have any components in it yet, but it has this predefined structure:

Figure 4.1. The project structure

Here are the main directories with descriptions:

Table 4.1. The project structure

Directory	Description
src/main/config	Contains the metadata for the components
src/main/java	Contains Java code (both pre-generated and created by you)
src/main/resources	Used to store resource files, such as pictures, JavaScript and CSS files
src/main/templates	Used to contain the JSP-like templates that define the component layout

It is necessary to extend a predefined structure with the following directories:

Table 4.2. The project structure

Directory	Description
src/main/config/resources	Contains the resource-config.xml file for the resources registration
src/main/java/org/mycompany/renderkit	Contains Renderer Base class
src/main/resources/org/mycompany/renderkit/html/css	Used to store CSS files
src/main/resources/org/mycompany/renderkit/html/images	Used to store images
src/main/templates/org/mycompany	Used to contain the JSP-like template

Now you should add maven-compiler-plugin to the plugins section in the inputDate/pom.xml file:


...

<plugin>

    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

    <inherited>true</inherited>

    <configuration>

        <source>1.5</source>

        <target>1.5</target>

    </configuration>

</plugin>

...

Finally your inputDate/pom.xml should look like this one:


<?xml version="1.0"?>

<project>

    <parent>

        <artifactId>sandbox</artifactId>

        <groupId>org.mycompany</groupId>

        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    </parent>

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>org.mycompany</groupId>

    <artifactId>inputDate</artifactId>

    <name>inputDate</name>

    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <build>

        <plugins>

            <plugin>

                <groupId>org.richfaces.cdk</groupId>

                <artifactId>maven-cdk-plugin</artifactId>

                <version>3.3.3.Final</version>

                <executions>

                    <execution>

                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>

                        <goals>    

                            <goal>generate</goal>

                        </goals>

                    </execution>

                </executions>

                <configuration>

                    <library>

                        <prefix>org.mycompany</prefix>

                        <taglib>

                            <shortName>inputDate</shortName>

                        </taglib>

                    </library>

                </configuration>

            </plugin>

            <plugin>

                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

                <inherited>true</inherited>

                <configuration>

                    <source>1.5</source>

                    <target>1.5</target>

                </configuration>

            </plugin>

        </plugins>

    </build>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>

            <groupId>junit</groupId>

            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>

            <version>3.8.1</version>

            <scope>test</scope>

        </dependency>

        <dependency>

            <groupId>org.richfaces.framework</groupId>

            <artifactId>richfaces-impl</artifactId>

            <version>3.3.3.Final</version>

        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

</project>

Create new RichFaces Documentation Jira issue

4.1. Creating project for component