Thanks for the explanation! > Also note that IDEA has also started using JDT for incremental compilation.
I didn’t know that. It doesn't look like it is being used for maven builds however. /Tommy > 24 aug 2015 kl. 14:02 skrev Jason van Zyl <ja...@takari.io>: > > The short answer is the maven-compiler-plugin is not used inside Eclipse for > projects that use M2Eclipse. Maven has an internal API that lets you > calculate the build plan and inside Eclipse we selectively execute certain > parts of the build plan. We need to worry about the generation of resources > and sources, and the processing of those resources and sources. But we > delegate entirely to JDT inside Eclipse for full incremental compilation. We > focus on what’s required to edit anything and quickly launch or test. We also > don’t particularly care about anything with respect to installing, packaging > or deploying. M2Eclipse has gone to great lengths to integrate with the > Eclipse workspace and as such trying to use the maven-compiler-plugin would > make this untenable and highly inefficient. Also note that IDEA has also > started using JDT for incremental compilation. > >> On Aug 23, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Tommy Svensson <to...@natusoft.se> wrote: >> >> When you are using maven together with Eclipse things does not work as I >> think you believe from reading your question :-) >> >> The maven compiler plugin always runs on in the compile phase of a maven >> build. If you are using Intellij IDEA or NetBeans then the IDE runs maven as >> it would be run on the command line and let maven do the build (well IDEA >> can actually do its own build, but that is not relevant for this). >> >> Eclipse however always compiles more or less as you type. I have been using >> maven with Eclipse for a long time, and to me it seems like it runs selected >> maven phases for code generation, etc, but does the compilation itself. With >> a maven project Eclipse puts its class files in the maven target folder. I >> might be wrong about eclipse doing the compilation, but that is the feeling >> I’ve got from using Eclipse with maven. If someone can provide more exact >> details what happens when Eclipse builds a maven project that would be >> really interesting. >> >> I think that the problem with the maven integration in Eclipse is that >> Eclipse is centered around that it compiles constantly as you type in the >> editor. When you have finished some code that is compilable Eclipse will >> compile it without you having to do anything. This collides with >> ”traditional” build tools like maven. >> >> Tommy Svensson >> >> >>> 23 aug 2015 kl. 15:59 skrev Sreyan Chakravarty <sreyan.mail...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> OK I am new to Maven and I am using it within Eclipse for a simple >>> Hibernate project. >>> >>> What I want to know what is the use of the maven compiler plugin. In >>> Eclipse regardless of whether my project is a Maven project or not I just >>> >>> - Type my code >>> - And select "Run As Java Application" >>> >>> And my code runs. I do not see Maven using the compiler plugin as I would >>> see it if I were building it from the command line. >>> >>> So does Maven internally and automatically use the Maven compile plugin to >>> generate .class files ? Because my .class files are magically kept exactly >>> where they are suppose to be ie. in the /target folder. >>> >>> Also is the maven compile command just useful for command line building ? >>> Or is there an use for the plugin in Eclipse projects also ? >>> >>> Regards >>> Sreyan Chakravarty >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Takari and Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > http://twitter.com/takari_io > --------------------------------------------------------- > > We know what we are, but know not what we may be. > > -- Shakespeare > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
