krats <princekart...@gmail.com> wrote on 02/19/2010 05:17:33 PM:

> I am sorry about that. Dint know it was a user-list question. But we 
have a
> common src folder starting with package structure com.company_name and
> subpackages within that maintained by different groups.
> I might be wrong but I think it is a genuine requirement that I should 
be
> able to tell ant to first check a jar I am providing (which in my case 
would
> be jar of package com.company_name.f1 for example) to locate the imports
> rather than check the source folder first. I was just wondering if 
theres a
> way to force ant to check provided jars first.

Assuming I've understood your scenario correctly the docs for javac are 
very clear: 

    "Note: Classes found through the classpath may be subject to automatic 
recompilation if their sources are also found."

If you want separation, for whatever purpose, then have separate source 
trees.

Reply via email to