Now I have another problem. when I try to compile with command
mvn compile

I am getting the following error
annotations are not supported in -source 1.3 (use -source 5 or higher to enable annotations)

I am using jdk 1.6.
I am not that familiar with maven. It seems there is someplace where I need to set the jdk version. Can you please let me know the file name and what needs to be modified?

Thanks

I am looking how to allow XML tags in the comments but haven’t found out yet.
About your questions:
The properties in your settings.xml must be surrounded with a ‘properties’ tag.
ABout the parameters in step 1: this is up to you what you fill in. This will be used by Maven to create your project with these values. If this ‘generate’ archetype isn’t working for you you can use the ‘old’ version: ‘create’ archetype as described here: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin-1.0-alpha-7/examples/simple.html

My local settings.xml file is something similar to this one.
settings
jboss.home C:\jboss-5.0.1.GA jboss.home
settings

C:\jboss5.0.1.GA

This is very interesting article. I am a newbie and trying to make this work.
Can you please update step 1, what are the groupId, artifactId, version and package that you entered?

In step 3, when I try to add in my settings.xml as

C:\jboss-5.0.1.GA

I am getting the error
Error reading settings.xml: Unrecognised tag: ‘jboss.home’ (position: START_TAG
seen \r\n\t… @2:14)
Line: 2
Column: 14

I am using Maven version: 2.0.10. Is there anything that needs to be done?

Thanks
Kevin