[jira] Commented: (MECLIPSE-422) Cannot specify a separate output directory for test classes when custom buildOutputDirectory set

["Rustam Abdullaev (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Rustam Abdullaev commented on MECLIPSE-422:
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buildOutputDirectory is useless; I can't think of a scenario in which one would want to mix test- and non-test folders, but it seems like the plugin was designed that way, according to this comment in EclipsePlugin.java:
        // If using the standard output location, don't mix the test output into it.

A possible workaround:
Specify the output directory at the project level under /project/build, for example, like this:
        <outputDirectory>WebContent/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>
And don't specify buildOutputDirectory - the eclipse plugin will automatically use the default outputDirectory for non-test classes only.

Note For a web app, also specify it under /project/build/plugins/plugin[artifactId="maven-war-plugin"]/configuration, like this:
					<warSourceDirectory>WebContent</warSourceDirectory>



> Cannot specify a separate output directory for test classes when custom buildOutputDirectory set
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MECLIPSE-422
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MECLIPSE-422
>             Project: Maven 2.x Eclipse Plugin
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Core : Dependencies resolution and build path
>    Affects Versions: 2.5
>            Reporter: Mark Hobson
>
> As soon as buildOutputDirectory is set to a non-default value the output directories for all source folders are the same.  It should be possible to specify a buildTestOutputDirectory to separate main and test classes, as is the default behaviour when buildOutputDirectory is not set.

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