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I have a lot of Java source code that requires custom pre-processing. I'd like rid of it but that's not feasible right now so I'm stuck with it. Given that I have an unfortunate problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place, how do I solve it using maven?
(For the full story, I'm replacing a python-based build system with a maven one, so one improvement at a time please. Fixing the non-standard source code is harder, and will come later.)
Is it possible using any existing Maven plugins to actually alter the source files during compile time? (Obviously leaving the original, unprocessed code alone)
To be clear, by preprocessing I mean preprocessing in the same sense as antenna or a C compiler would preprocess the code, and by custom I mean that it's completely proprietary and looks nothing at all like C or antenna preprocessing.
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The compiler plugin is used to compile the source code of a Maven project. This plugin has two goals, which are already bound to specific phases of the default lifecycle: compile – compile main source files. testCompile – compile test source files.
The “maven-source” plugin is used to pack your source code and deploy along with your project. This is extremely useful, for developers who use your deployed project and also want to attach your source code for debugging.
Build Java code Maven is now ready to build the project. You can execute several build lifecycle goals with Maven now, including goals to compile the project's code, create a library package (such as a JAR file), and install the library in the local Maven dependency repository.
What is a Plugin? "Maven" is really just a core framework for a collection of Maven Plugins. In other words, plugins are where much of the real action is performed, plugins are used to: create jar files, create war files, compile code, unit test code, create project documentation, and on and on.
There is a Java preprocessor with support of MAVEN: java-comment-preprocessor
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