[MCOMPILER-62] Allow multiple options to be passed to compiler for options not supported by the compiler mojo

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Auto Closed
• Environment: Maven version: 2.0.7
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo
• Created: 26/Nov/07 20:29
• Updated: 06/Sep/15 20:45
• Resolved: 06/Sep/15 20:45

Description

Look at the mail thread in maven user group:
http://www.nabble.com/Not-able-to-pass-multiple-arguments-to-javac-tf4857909s177.html

User may have to pass options to the underlying compiler that are not yet supported by the mojo. Current implementation of the maven-compiler-plugin allows user to specify only one option. Neither of the following techniques work:
<configuration>
<compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
<compilerArgument>-implicit</compilerArgument>
</configuration>

or

<configuration>
<compilerArgument>-proc:none -impicit</compilerArgument>
</configuration>

In the first approach, only one of the compilerArgument is considered, in the second approach since maven quotes the argument, it ends up as a single argument to javac and hence becomes an invalid option.

The best suggestion is to allow multiple compilerArgument – may be something like:
<compilerArguments>
<compilerArgument/>
<compilerArgument/>
</compilerArguments>

Issue Links

• is related to: MCOMPILER-135 Passing multiple parameters to Java 6 annotation processors with javac does not work