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You will be asked for:

1. the groupId, (
   something like 'com.mycompany')
2. the artifactId (
   something like 'myproject')
3. the version number (you
   You can use the default, ; it is good practice to have 'SNAPSHOT' in the version number during development and the maven release plugin makes use of that string. But ensure to comply to the desired numbering scheme for your project).
4. the package name. This is the
   The java package name. A folder structure according to this name will be generated automatically. Use the ; by default, which is equal to the groupId
5. (for archetypeVersion >= 1.0.5), the secretKey
   Provide any pseudo-random, 16 character length, string here that will be used in the generated project for AES ciphering.

Maven will create a project for you (in a newly created directory named after the value of the artifactId property you specified) containing two subprojects:

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