NULS Maven Archetype for Smart Contract

Maven archetype to create NULS smart contract project

How to Build

Prerequisite

• JDK 1.8 and above
• Maven 3.5 and above

Get the source

  git clone https://github.com/naveen7252/nuls-maven-archetype.git

Build the Source

Run to check java and maven installation status

  $ mvn -v

should display maven and java versions

Now, run below command to build the archetype

  $ mvn clean install

After successful maven build, artifact will be uploaded to your local maven repository.

Create NULS smart contract project with archetype

1. Maven command line option:

2. Using IntelliJ IDE

What does archetype contain?

• Archetype is generally used to create maven projects with the predefined template.
• Archetype defines what are all the elements should the generated project contain

NULS maven archetype generates the smart contract project with following archetecture:

• It generates smart contract project as maven project
• It generates project with sample contract class and all the required NULS smart contract dependencies are automataically added to the project
• It generates test packeges and adds required dependencies automatically
• It adds NULS smart contract maven plugin to the project. So that cotract deployment & execution operations are simplified.
• Build the generated project with simple maven commands - "mvn clean install" will deploy the contract to NULS blockchain.
• No need to upload the jar or generate and copy the contract hex code to NULS wallet for the contract deployment.
• Generated project comes with some useful library classes(most frequently used) which can be used in smart contract development.