Azure client archetype

azure-client-archetype is a Maven archetype to generate an Azure track 2 client library template.

Run the archetype

To generate a client library template, execute the following maven command from sdk/<servicedirectory> in "azure-sdk-for-java" repository. Alternatively, you can run this in an empty directory and copy the generated maven project to its appropriate location later.

mvn archetype:generate \
   -DarchetypeGroupId=com.azure.tools \
   -DarchetypeArtifactId=azure-client-archetype \
   -DarchetypeVersion=1.0-SNAPSHOT

Running the above command will prompt you to enter details of the new client library

1. groupId - This is the Maven groupId of the client library. For data-plane libraries, this is generally com.azure.
2. artifactId - This is the Maven artifactId of the client library. For data-plane libraries, follow the naming pattern of azure-<group>-<service> as defined in the Java guidelines.
3. version - The version of the client library. This defaults to 1.0.0-beta.1 but you can override the version by entering 'N' when you are prompted to confirm the details of the package after all these steps.
4. package - Name of the root package. The recommended name is com.azure.<group>.<service>. This will also be the module name for JDK 9+ versions.
5. servicedirectory - This is the directory under sdk/ this client library will be placed in azure-sdk-for-java repository.
6. servicename - This is the name used in package description and README. For e.g. Text Analytics, Storage Blob, App Configuration, CosmosDB etc. NOTE: Do not prefix Azure to the service name as this is already included in the template.
7. Accept the package details when prompted to generate the maven project.
8. Copy the generated project to appropriate service directory in azure-sdk-for-java repository if this is run from an empty directory.