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[jira] [Updated] (ARCHETYPE-495) rename ArchetypeGenerator.generateArchetype() to ProjectGenerator.generateProject()

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARCHETYPE-495?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Herve Boutemy updated ARCHETYPE-495:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: backlog)

> rename ArchetypeGenerator.generateArchetype() to ProjectGenerator.generateProject()
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>                 Key: ARCHETYPE-495
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARCHETYPE-495
>             Project: Maven Archetype
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Generator
>    Affects Versions: 2.4
>            Reporter: Herve Boutemy
>            Priority: Major
>
> {{ArchetypeGenerator.generateArchetype()}} is really misleading: it's not about generating an archetype, but about generating *a project from* an archetype
> this API cause strong confusion in the archetype lifecycle: sample project -> archetype project -> archetype artifact -> generated project



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