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
