James Abley wrote
> On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 11:42, Joel wrote:
> > > For that last part, I think that you need to look at <depend/>.
> > > Have a
> > >
> > > <depend srcdir="${src}" destdir="${dest}">
> > >
> > > <javac/> is not aware of dependencies and inheritance hierarchies.
> >
> > Is <javac/> supposed to be able to tell when a particular source file
> > is newer than its class file?
> > [..]
> Sorry, I was a bit ambiguous in my first answer.
>
> Yes, it can check a .java source file against the corresponding .class
> file for timestamp or existence differences which point to requiring a
> compilation, but my understanding is that it doesn't check for a
> superclass having changed, or any imports. You may get compile failures
> thrown by javac; for example, if a new abstract method has been
> introduced by into a superclass; which would alert you to a potential
> issue. But you may just get a subtle bug in your application.
So, if I touch a source file, that source file, at least, should
recompile?
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