Use ShrinkWrap to generate new projects --------------------------------------- Key: FORGE-2693 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-2693 Project: Forge Issue Type: Enhancement Components: Brainstorming, Projects Reporter: George Gastaldi Fix For: 3.x Future ShrinkWrap is a Java API for Archive Manipulation. It would be nice to use it to assemble a project structure. With Roaster and the Maven model APIs, it would be a perfect candidate to generate Maven projects with Java sources for example. Code sample: {code:java} // This would create an Archive representation of the project MavenArchive archive = ShrinkWrap.create(MavenArchive.class); archive.setPomXml(mavenModel); archive.addJavaSource(Roaster.create(JavaClassSource.class).setName("Foo").setPackage("com.example.demo")); // We can export this to a ZIP file archive.as(ZipExporter.class).exportTo(new File("project.zip"), true); // Or we can explode in a specified location archive.as(ExplodedExporter.class).exportExploded(destinationDir); {code} More information about ShrinkWrap: https://developer.jboss.org/wiki/ShrinkWrap