title: Specify dependency version for Maven Archetype plugin
body: <p>I am currently working with Maven 3.3.3, from which the <code>mvn.bat</code> file has been removed. The recommended and only way to run Maven is now through the <code>mvn.cmd</code> file.</p>
  
  <p>I am using a custom archetype that calls the maven-invoker plugin for some operation. <a href="http://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/dependency-management.html" rel="nofollow">Note that the invoker plugin is a dependency of the Maven archetype plugin</a>. </p>
  
  <p>On <code>archetype:generate</code>, the invoker is called and throws an error : </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><code>Error configuring command-line. Reason: Maven executable not found at: &lt;MAVEN_PATH&gt;\bin\mvn.bat</code></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This issue seems to have been fixed with the release 2.2 of the invoker, but the last version of <code>maven-archetype-plugin</code> still uses an old version of it.</p>
  
  <p><strong>How can I specify, in my archetype's POM, the version of the invoker plugin to use ?</strong></p>
  
  <p>For now, I've tried to configure the plugin by adding this code into the archetype's POM file, but it had no effect, and didn't fixed the error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;plugin&gt;
      &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.archetype&lt;/groupId&gt;
      &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-archetype&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;version&gt;2.4&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;dependencies&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.shared&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-invoker&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  &lt;/plugin&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT 1 :</strong>
  Here's the filtered stack trace.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[INFO] Invoking post-archetype-generation goals: com.company.my-custom-maven-plugin:uuid-generator
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] BUILD FAILURE
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] Total time: 2.777 s
  [INFO] Finished at: 2016-02-08T15:09:19+01:00
  [INFO] Final Memory: 18M/210M
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.4:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Cannot run additions goals. Error configuring command-line. Reason: Maven executable not found at: &lt;MAVEN_PATH&gt;\bin\mvn.bat -&gt; [Help 1]
  org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.4:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Cannot run additions goals.
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:216)
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128)
      at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:307)
      at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:193)
      at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:106)
      at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:862)
      at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:286)
      at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:197)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
  Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Cannot run additions goals.
      at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.invokePostArchetypeGenerationGoals(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:241)
      at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.execute(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:219)
      at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:134)
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
      ... 20 more
  Caused by: org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenInvocationException: Error configuring command-line. Reason: Maven executable not found at: &lt;MAVEN_PATH&gt;\bin\mvn.bat
      at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvoker.execute(DefaultInvoker.java:105)
      at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.invokePostArchetypeGenerationGoals(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:237)
      ... 23 more
  Caused by: org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.CommandLineConfigurationException: Maven executable not found at: &lt;MAVEN_PATH&gt;\bin\mvn.bat
      at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenCommandLineBuilder.findMavenExecutable(MavenCommandLineBuilder.java:597)
      at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenCommandLineBuilder.build(MavenCommandLineBuilder.java:68)
      at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvoker.execute(DefaultInvoker.java:101)
      ... 24 more
  [ERROR] 
  [ERROR] 
  [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
  [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
  </code></pre>