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