Please provide multiple jars

[aaschmid]

Hey Michi,
I have just tried to enhance your "sample" with gradle (see https://github.com/aaschmid/pojobuilder).

The problem if you don't separate the pojobuilder.jar such that one is just containing the @GeneratePojoBuilder and all the other code annotations, and one contain the required dependencies and classes for annotation processing, is following:

If you compile the code automatically the annotation processing is done and you will get *Builder.javaand *Builder.classin your output directory (to reproduce just execute gradle build on https://github.com/aaschmid/pojobuilder.

Furthermore, I would like to refactor your example that it generates and uses the generate POJO builders just in test "scope" because IMHO is that a more realistic use case and a better sample. If one also wants to use the generate POJO builders in "main" scope he/she can execute the generatePojobuilderjust before compileJava.

[mkarneim]

Andi,

Thank you for this.
I will have a look into this after the weekend.

Actually we had an extra JAR file that just contained the annotation types when PB was built with Ant.

Do you know how to tell Maven to create that archive also?

[aaschmid]

Sorry, I don't know maven well enough ...
Can you provide this extra jar file also as artifact in Maven Central?

[mkarneim]

I found some description about how to create additional JAR files with a subset of classes at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8209132/can-maven-assembly-plugin-picking-the-specify-java-package/8209544#8209544.

So creating and uploading that annotation jar to sonatype and maven central should work.

And I think you could 'reference' it from your module by using the 'classifier' attribute.

I'll try to check that out this WE.

[aaschmid]

added a pull request (#63) containing the maven-jar-plugin.
Futhermore, diveded the samples project in two parts in fork https://github.com/aaschmid/pojobuilder:

• main using just annotations and
• test using created pojobuilders.
  (just tested with gradle so far)