Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin错误解决方法

使用maven创建project时碰到如下错误：

D:\codes\JSF>mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.tutorialspoint.test -DartifactId=helloworld -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.3:create (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.392 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-08-03T16:06:11+08:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 13M/152M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2
.3:create (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Unable to parse configuration
 of mojo org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.3:create for paramete
r #: Cannot create instance of interface org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.Ar
tifactRepository -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[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/PluginConfigurationException

解决方法：将命令中的create改为generate：

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.tutorialspoint.test -DartifactId=helloworld -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp