Eddie, I just looked into apt and it looks really useful in the long term. Obviously we haven't heard a lot of demand for it so far but as more and more packages start to require Java 5 (like JUnit 4) I think we will see an increasing number of packages wanting to use this infrastructure in their build.
This is my +1 to move it into either codehaus mojos or maven's sandbox. -----Original Message----- From: Eddie O'Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 8:39 AM To: dev@maven.apache.org Subject: [m2] java 5's apt.exe as a compiler option? All-- I'm interested in the status of Java 5 support in Maven, particularly around supporting the JDK's new tool bin/apt.exe which is Sun's extension of javac.exe. I've written an extension of "plexus-compiler-javac" that adds support for "apt.exe" so that annotation processors can be hosted at build-time to run validation, do code generation, etc. An example of configuring this in a project is below. This supports setting the APT options as well as the javac options; the code is here: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/beehive/sandbox/maven2/maven-apt-compile r/ There's also this patch in Codehaus: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1672 that adds a standalone plugin for apt.exe (not a new compiler) but does not support forked execution or the Javac options. Any thoughts on / status of support for apt.exe in M2? I'm happy to contribute the M2 + apt compiler extension if that's appropriate. Cheers, Eddie ::: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <compilerId>apt</compilerId> <source>1.5</source> <target>1.5</target> <fork>true</fork> <verbose>true</verbose> <compilerArguments> <sourcepath>src/main/java;src/test/java</sourcepath> <s>target/srcgen</s> <APTweb.content.root>src/main/webapp</APTweb.content.root> </compilerArguments> </configuration> </plugin> ::: --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
