Question: Could pom.xml force Eclipse to enable APT processing?

michaldo commented 7 years ago

If my project use annotation processor, Eclipse must have enabled APT processing to import project without errors.

I may do it on workspace level by: Window>Preferences>Maven>Annotation Processing>Automaticaly configure JDT... Drawbacks: I have to do manual configuration every new Eclipse installation -> it is annoying Workspace settings impacts all projects -> I prefer project isolation
I may do it on project level Drawbacks: Annoying I can't import project without error -> I have to import and then configure
I may do it on project level and commit and commit .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core.prefs Drawbacks: I have to repeat it for each module in multi-module project I have to commit properties which I don't want to manage, for example org.eclipse.jdt.apt.genSrcDir

Ideally, I could configure somewhere in my pom.xml that: "This project needs to work annotation proccessing enabled. When imported to Eclipse, turn on APT"

Is it possible?

fbricon commented 7 years ago

Yes, add a <m2e.apt.activation> Maven property to your (parent) pom.xml. See https://github.com/jbosstools/m2e-apt/issues/26#issue-26292488

michaldo commented 7 years ago

Works perfect. Thanks

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