diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/web/__artifactId__-gui/projects/__artifactId__-gui-lib/src/lib/welcome/welcome.component.ts b/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/web/__artifactId__-gui/projects/__artifactId__-gui-lib/src/lib/welcome/welcome.component.ts
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+/*
+ * Copyright ${year}-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import {LogService} from 'gui2-fw-lib';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: '${artifactId}-app-welcome',
+  templateUrl: './welcome.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./welcome.component.css']
+})
+export class WelcomeComponent implements OnInit {
+
+    constructor(
+        protected log: LogService,
+    ) {
+        this.log.debug('WelcomeComponent constructed');
+    }
+
+    ngOnInit() {
+    }
+
+}