Thanks a lot Jeffery. I looked at the documentation for javac and I guess it does mention it. But I was surprised because , instead of using ant, if I directly use javac to compile , the behavior is what I would expect. So for example in the case I mentioned, assuming source structure src\f1\f1.java and src\f2\f2.java, if I already create f1.jar and put it in lib, and assuming f2.java imports a class in f1.java,
if I do javac -classpath lib\f1.jar f2\f2.java then, it doesnt create f1\f1.class. Instead it uses the import f1 class from the jar file. The class file for f1 gets created only when I the javac task from ant. Thats why I was wondering if its an ant issue. Again thx a lot for ur responses Jeffrey E Care wrote: > > 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. > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Ant-picks-class-files-from-current-directory-rather-than-provided-jar-in-classpath-tp27658759p27661343.html Sent from the Ant - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
