AndroMDA: Generating create/drop schema script with Maven 2

First of all I would recommend anyone who is using the anroMDA for first time to read
${application_root}/readme.txt file carefully. This helps understanding the generated schema.

If you read readme.txt, you will notice two tasks

• mvn -f core/pom.xml andromdapp:schema -Dtasks=create --> generates the DDL create code and subsequently tells the database to create the schema for the entities


• mvn -f core/pom.xml andromdapp:schema -Dtasks=drop --> generates the DDL drop code and subsequently tells the database to drop the schema for the entities


• mvn -f core/pom.xml andromdapp:schema -Dtasks=drop,create

But wait, these target don't seem to work for me if i use maven-2 (mvn) with AndroMDA 3.2.
add following to the plugin configuration in core/pom.xml
<executescripts>false</executescripts>
<tasks>create</tasks>
<tasks>drop</tasks>
and now when you run the above targets, the create and drop DDLs are generated in the path specified by createOutputPath and dropOutputPath property.

The default location for generated scripts is ${application_root}/app/target/

Remote and Local EJB with AndroMDA

@andromda.ejb.viewType "both" isn't supported, that's the reason. If you want to use remote at all, then set it to "remote", most application servers (like JBoss) treat remote interfaces as local when they're in the same JVM anyway.

Installing AndroMDA plugin for Maven 2

1. Click here to download the the AndroMDA plugin installer.
2. Unzip the contents of the installer into your Maven repository at C:\Documents and Settings\your user name\.m2\repository.
3. Verify that the following directory was created:
   C:\Documents and Settings\your user name\.m2\repository\org\andromda\maven\plugins\andromda-maven-plugin
4. Create a temporary directory, e.g. C:\andromda-temp.
5. Create a file called pom.xml in this directory with the following content.
   
6. 
   <project>
   
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>samples.test</groupId>
   <artifactId>test</artifactId>
   <version>1.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>test</name>
   
   <build>
   <defaultGoal>compile</defaultGoal>
   <plugins>
   <plugin>
   <groupId>org.andromda.maven.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>andromdapp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   <version>3.2</version>
   </plugin>
   </plugins>
   </build>
   
   <repositories>
   <repository>
   <id>andromda</id>
   <name>AndroMDA Repository</name>
   <url>http://team.andromda.org/maven2</url>
   </repository>
   </repositories>
   
   <pluginRepositories>
   <pluginRepository>
   <id>andromda</id>
   <name>AndroMDA Repository</name>
   <url>http://team.andromda.org/maven2</url>
   </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
   
   </project>
7. Open a Command Prompt in the directory where you created this pom.xml and run the command mvn without any arguments. Make sure the command completes successfully by displaying the BUILD SUCCESSFUL message.
8. You can now delete the temporary directory you created in step 1.
9. use maven 2.0.5 or 2.0.4. i was getting following error with 2.0.6, see andromda forum topic for details. You get "An invalid artifact was detected." error with maven 2.0.6
10. Use following command to generate the project:
    

mvn org.andromda.maven.plugins:andromdapp-maven-plugin:generate

instead of

mvn andromdapp:generate

Getting started with Andromda

getting started with this link.
http://galaxy.andromda.org/docs/getting-started/java/create-application.html
you might face few problems

here are solutions to some problems that I faced:
1. maven-andromda jta jar need to be copied manually
2. http://galaxy.andromda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3158&view=previous&sid=67ab10397f5b7c679840db5c0eff4120
3. repository problem
4. installing plugin for mavan 2