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Reputation: 848

How is the maven build different from eclipse build?

I have integrated m2e plugin.When i change the java file .It invokes building workspace. Is this is eclipse build or maven build.

And what exactly the difference between Eclipse clean and mvn clean ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 873

Answers (2)

lexicore
lexicore

Reputation: 43671

Check your .project file.

Do you have something like org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder there? Then it's Maven build executed by Eclipse via m2e.

The exact difference between "Eclipse clean" and mvn clean...

mvn clean executes Maven clean phase, as it is configured (or inherited) in the pom.xml.

For Eclipse clean, see this question:

Function of Project > Clean in Eclipse

Upvotes: 1

Aaron Digulla
Aaron Digulla

Reputation: 328604

The m2e plugin injects the Maven classpath into the Eclipse project plus it disables the default Eclipse resource copying so Maven can do it's magic (the Maven resource copy step can filter/transform resources).

The actual build for Java files uses the Eclipse compiler with the classpath supplied from m2e.

Clean: Unless you have configured something special, Eclipse clean will delete target/classes and target/test-classes while mvn clean will delete the whole target/ folder.

Also, Eclipse will build the project again right after clean. For Maven, you need to issue another command (mvn compile or mvn install).

Upvotes: 1

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