Why not just turn your code-generator into a maven plugin.

It's quite easy to do.

And then you can check the timestamps, and add the project test sources
without having to use buildhelper-maven-plugin

-Stephen

2009/12/8 Andreas Sewe <[email protected]>

> Hi all,
>
> I am using the exec-maven-plugin to generate test sources and it works
> like a charm. Our code generator, however, takes its time so always
> running exec:java slows down our build a lot. :-(
>
> I am thus wondering whether there is any way to instruct the plugin to
> run only if the configuration file that drives the test generation
> process is newer than the generated sources. Maybe there exists a
> generic plugin that provides this kind of functionality, perhaps when
> used in conjunction with profiles? (Neither the maven-verifier-plugin
> nor maven-enforcer-plugin seem to help here.)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Andreas Sewe
>
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