Alternatives to Maven Archetypes

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We're currently using Ant with Ivy for build and dependency management, but there's an interest in providing template starter projects like Maven provides using archetypes.

http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-archetypes.html

However, we don't want to go the Maven route for building and dependency management as Ant/Ivy suits our needs currently.

Are there any alternatives that people use instead of Maven archetypes?

Alternatively, are people just using Maven archetypes in a way that complements their Ant/Ivy projects?

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Would this answer your question? - smooth reggae
good question. I don't know the answer but, as an alternative, if I were in your shoes, I'd just quickly grab maven and use it to create a template project, ditch the pom.xml file and use Ant+Ivy from there. - gMale

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Use SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) and its project templates support (see this blog for more info)

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There is young project which just finished incubating in Apache which tries to provide the missing pieces from Ant+Ivy which exist in the Maven world. It is EasyAnt: http://ant.apache.org/easyant

In EasyAnt world, archetypes are called skeletons : http://ant.apache.org/easyant/history/trunk/howto/skeleton.html