I have been using m2eclipse for 2 years or so and have now switched to m2e.
Unfortunately, this has broken some functionality for me.
In many projects, I have generated Java code, usually generated through a main class in a library project. Here's a typical setup:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>generateDTOs</id>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>java</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<classpathScope>test</classpathScope>
<mainClass>com.somecompany.SomeCodeGenerator</mainClass>
<arguments>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/foo</argument>
<argument>${project.basedir}/path/to/a/config/file</argument>
<argument>more arguments</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>addDtoSourceFolder</id>
<goals>
<goal>add-source</goal>
</goals>
<phase>process-sources</phase>
<configuration>
<sources>
<source>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/foo</source>
</sources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Previously, I would just have to import that project with eclipse as a maven project, the code would automatically be executed and the source folder added to the eclipse project.
Now, m2e has installed a "connector" for the buildhelper plugin, so the source folder is created, but I have to manually trigger code generation by executing Run As > Maven > generate-sources
. This is really annoying, I would like the maven build to respond to pom.xml changes, Project > Clean ...
, SVN Updates, Eclipse startup etc. as it previously did.
What can I do to make m2e work like m2eclipse?