krats <princekart...@gmail.com> wrote on 02/19/2010 05:17:33 PM: > I am sorry about that. Dint know it was a user-list question. But we have a > common src folder starting with package structure com.company_name and > subpackages within that maintained by different groups. > I might be wrong but I think it is a genuine requirement that I should be > able to tell ant to first check a jar I am providing (which in my case would > be jar of package com.company_name.f1 for example) to locate the imports > rather than check the source folder first. I was just wondering if theres a > way to force ant to check provided jars first.
Assuming I've understood your scenario correctly the docs for javac are very clear: "Note: Classes found through the classpath may be subject to automatic recompilation if their sources are also found." If you want separation, for whatever purpose, then have separate source trees.