Conditionally include exclude files while creating project using maven archetype

Question

Am trying to create an archetype which will conditionally include file based on the user input.

Like for eg., if a user will use this custom archetype and pass pa

Answer 1

In case you want to remove a whole directory you can change the example above a little bit in order to achieve that! Here we go:

import java.nio.file.Files

// the path where the project got generated
File rootDir = new File(request.getOutputDirectory() + "/" + request.getArtifactId())

// the properties available to the archetype
Properties properties = request.getProperties()
String addSwaggerUI = properties.get("addSwaggerUI")

// the Java package of the generated project, e.g. com.acme
String packageName = properties.get("package")

// convert it into a path, e.g. com/acme
String packagePath = packageName.replace(".", "/")

if (addSwaggerUI == "false") {
  println ""
  println "|---------> Hi there!"
  println "|-> ${rootDir}"
  println "|-> ${packageName}"
  println "|-> ${packagePath}"
  println "|-> ${addSwaggerUI}"
  println "|---------> Bye bye!"
  println ""
  new File(rootDir, "src/main/java/${packagePath}/config").deleteDir()
}

More archetype-post-generate.groovy examples can be found here and here!