Creating a Maven Spring/Hibernate MVC Restful Web Service using Oracle database in Eclipse (Part 1)

This tutorial shows you how to create a Maven Spring/Hibernate MVC Restful Web Service using Oracle database. The project uses the Maven archetype called spring-mvc-archetype.

In Eclipse IDE (Luna SR1), click menu File > New > Maven Project (or File > New > Other > Maven Project). The New Maven Project window appears:

Click Next

Click Next. In the next screen, Select an Archetype, type spring-mvc into the Filter textbox, as shown below:

If you don’t see the spring-mvc-archetype, click the Add Archetype… button. In the Add Archetype dialog, type the following information:

·         Archetype Group Id: co.ntier

·         Archetype Artifact Id: spring-mvc-archetype

·         Archetype Version: 1.0.2

·         Repository URL: http://maven-repository.com/artifact/co.ntier/spring-mvc-archetype/1.0.2

Click OK and wait for Eclipse downloading the archetype. After you see the spring-mvc-archetype in the list. Select it and click Next. In the next window, Specify Archetype parameters, enter the following information:

·         Group Id: MyMavenWS (for example)

·         Artifact Id: MyMavenWS (for example)

·         Version: 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT (Default)

·         Package: spring.code.com (for example)

Click Finish and Eclipse will generate the project. Finally we have a project structure looks like below:

*Note: If you got below error at this point, change Repository URL to: Repository: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/

Unable to create project from archetype [co.ntier:spring-mvc-archetype:1.0.2 -> http://maven-repository.com/artifact/co.ntier/spring-mvc-archetype/1.0.2]. The defined artifact is not an archetype

·         Archetype Group Id: co.ntier

·         Archetype Artifact Id: spring-mvc-archetype

·         Archetype Version: 1.0.2

·         Repository URL: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/

Now, it is time to run the the project. Right click on the pom.xml, and go to Run As à Run Configurations.

In the Create, mange, and run configurations screen. Double click Maven Build,  and create a new configuration.

Give the configuration a Name MyMavenWS_configuration (for example)

Click Browse Workspace, select the Base Directory to be the current project (MyMavenWS).

In the Goals, enter tomcat:run

 Apply and Run the configuration, you should see below server information at Console.

Open a browser, and type http://localhost:8080/MyMavenWS/, which should bring up a  “Hello World!” page as seen below: