What is Maven Archetypes? And what are the Project Types?

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What is Maven Archetypes? And what are the Project Types?

Answer

Archetypes are templates to create a variety of Java project structures, including web applications specific to a container such as Wildfly. In other words, it is a tool that creates the stuff you build the project on top of.

Project Types:

1. War
2. Jar
3. Ear
4. Wildfly
5. JMS
6. Android