The archetype plugin can operate in the batch mode either by setting the interactiveMode argument to false or passing -B as an argument. When operating in the batch mode, you need to clearly specify which archetype you are going to use with the arguments archetypeGroupId, archetypeArtifactId, and archetypeVersion. You also need to clearly identify the resultant artifact with the groupId, artifactId, version, and package arguments, shown as follows:
$ mvn archetype:generate -B -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DarchetypeVersion=1.0 -DgroupId=com.packt.samples -DartifactId=com.packt.samples.archetype -Dversion=1.0.0 -Dpackage=1.5
Any inquisitive mind should be asking a very valid question by now.
In the non-interactive mode, we did not type any filter or provide any...