On Monday 06 April 2009, jie...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi David, > > If I understand the problem correctly, it will be solved by excluding > META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor file from your > module resources (thereby preventing it from being put into the > classpath). Please read http://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Resources for > more information on how to do that. But will that not exclude it from the jar as well? I tried it and it seems to have that effect. I want it excluded from the compilation but included in the jar.
David > > Good luck, > -jesse > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:47 AM, David Goodenough > > <david.goodeno...@btconnect.com> wrote: > > I am trying to use maven to compile a java annotation processor. > > > > When you build a jar which contains an annotation processor you can put > > a file (META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor) which > > contains one line per annotation processor. With this file in place you > > then only have to include the jar in the javac classpath to get it to > > process annotations, you do not have to mention it on the command line. > > > > Unforunately if you build your pom.xml to include this file under the > > resources tag, it gets included in the classpath, and then the compiler > > complains that the annotation processor it is compiling (the one > > mentioned in the file) does not exist, so it can not run it as an > > annotation processor so the compilation fails. So what I need is a means > > to add the file to the jar without adding it to the compiler classpath. > > > > Anyone got any suggestions. > > > > David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
