Frequently Asked Questions
- Is this plugin anything to do with Doxia's Almost Plain Text (APT) format?
- Why can't the Apt Maven Plugin compile my project's sources?
- Why do my generated test resources not appear in Eclipse?
- Can I use this plugin with JSR 269 annotation processors?
- Hasn't apt been merged into javac in Java 6? Can't I process sources using the Maven Compiler Plugin?
- Is this plugin anything to do with Doxia's Almost Plain Text (APT) format?
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No. This plugin is concerned with Java's Annotation Processing Tool (apt), not Doxia's Almost Plain Text (APT) format.
- Why can't the Apt Maven Plugin compile my project's sources?
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By design, the Apt Maven Plugin always passes the -nocompile argument to apt. This was decided upon since the Maven Compiler Plugin should be used to perform all compilation tasks.
- Why do my generated test resources not appear in Eclipse?
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This is because the eclipse:eclipse goal only executes up to the generate-resources phase, and hence the generated test resources are not added to the project. See MECLIPSE-37 for more information.
A workaround is to manually add target/generated-test-sources/apt as a source folder with an output folder of target/test-classes to Eclipse after running eclipse:eclipse.
- Can I use this plugin with JSR 269 annotation processors?
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Not yet. See MOJO-1137 for more information.
- Hasn't apt been merged into javac in Java 6? Can't I process sources using the Maven Compiler Plugin?
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Yes it has. Hopefully this functionality will be added to the Maven Compiler Plugin in a future release. See MCOMPILER-75 for more information.