On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 11:42, Joel wrote:
> > For that last part, I think that you need to look at <depend/>. 
> > Have a 
> > 
> > <depend srcdir="${src}" destdir="${dest}">
> > 
> > <javac/> is not aware of dependencies and inheritance hierarchies.
> 
> Is <javac/> supposed to be able to tell when a particular source file
> is newer than its class file? 
> 
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Sorry, I was a bit ambiguous in my first answer. 

Yes, it can check a .java source file against the corresponding .class
file for timestamp or existence differences which point to requiring a
compilation, but my understanding is that it doesn't check for a
superclass  having changed, or any imports. You may get compile failures
thrown by javac; for example, if a new abstract method has been
introduced by into a superclass; which would alert you to a potential
issue. But you may just get a subtle bug in your application.

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