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$ mvn archetype:generate -B \
                         -DgroupId=tutorial \
                         -DartifactId=tutorial \
                         -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.struts \
                         -DarchetypeArtifactId=struts2-archetype-blank \
                         -DarchetypeVersion=2.1.6<version>
$ ls
tutorial/
$ cd tutorial
$ ls
pom.xml         src/

Depending on the state of your local system you may see Maven downloading various libraries (known as "downloading the internet", which is what it seems Maven does sometimes). Be patient--Maven is basically setting up your required libraries automatically.
<version> - is the version of Struts 2 you want to use and archetype was released for, eg. 2.1.8.1 .

Staging repository

If the above command will fail because of missing archetypes in central repository, you can try to use staging repository like below

mvn archetype:generate -B \
                       -DgroupId=tutorial \
                       -DartifactId=tutorial \
                       -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.struts \
                       -DarchetypeArtifactId=struts2-archetype-blank \
                       -DarchetypeVersion=<version>
                       -DarchetypeCatalog=http://people.apache.org/builds/struts/<version>/m2-staging-repository/ 

Project Structure

The source code structure follows the normal Maven directory structure. The blank-archetype does not include all of the directories listed in the Maven structure reference page.

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This mapping is the last mapping contained in example.xml--anything not handled by mappings appearing before it in example.xml will be caught by this mapping. This mapping will look for JSP files in src/main/webapp/example/*.jsp. Since there's a Welcome.jsp in that directory, we're all set. See the Wildcard MappingMappings page for more information on how Struts 2 can use wildcard mappings.

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