jorsol commented on code in PR #181: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-compiler-plugin/pull/181#discussion_r1404815615
########## src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java: ########## @@ -1539,36 +1546,41 @@ private static List<String> removeEmptyCompileSourceRoots(List<String> compileSo * generated classes and if we got a file which is >= the build-started timestamp, then we caught a file which * got changed during this build. * - * @return <code>true</code> if at least one single dependency has changed. + * @return {@code true} if at least one single dependency has changed. */ - protected boolean isDependencyChanged() { - if (session == null) { + private boolean isDependencyChanged() { Review Comment: Same, this should have never been protected, is an internal method. A good practice is to always start with the most restricted modifier (private) and then if needed open it to package-protected, then protected and finally public. Again, this should not break anything since this class is not intended to be subclassed externally (unless I'm missing a weird use case and maven plugins can be used as public APIs). -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org