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ASF GitHub Bot commented on MCOMPILER-381: ------------------------------------------ olamy commented on code in PR #181: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-compiler-plugin/pull/181#discussion_r1404714195 ########## src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java: ########## @@ -1156,6 +1151,16 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, CompilationFailureException incrementalBuildHelper.beforeRebuildExecution(incrementalBuildHelperRequest); + // Cleanup the generated sources directory + if (getGeneratedSourcesDirectory() != null) { Review Comment: Why cleaning this directory? I don't understand the reason. Can you please explain? reading the change as it it looks this will remove the generated-sources added via the phase `generate-sources` or any phase before compile. Maybe I read the change in a wrong way? > Refactoring needed for isDependencyChanged / Using fileExtensions > (AbstractCompilerMojo) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MCOMPILER-381 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-381 > Project: Maven Compiler Plugin > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 3.8.1 > Reporter: Karl Heinz Marbaise > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 3.12.0 > > > The code in the class AbstractCompilerMojo has a method > {{isDependencyChanged}} which uses the attribute {{fileExtensions}} which is > being changed within the {{isDependencyChanged}} method. This attribute is > also being used by the method {{hasNewFile}} which is a kind of confusing (a > control via a global variable). > Furthermore a change in {{isDependencyChanged}} where replacing {{".class"}} > with {{"class"}} results in a [fail which is described here|MCOMPILER-379]. > It should be investigated how this code can be made more clear and maybe > easier to understand. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)