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Only create assertion class when it does not exist or when the associated class has changed

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system, tooling

Research direction

Trace the generator plugin's assertion-class generation and its Maven test-compile integration. First inspect how generated classes and their associated source classes are located and timestamped; done means generation occurs only when the assertion class is missing or the associated class has changed, while unchanged inputs avoid regeneration.

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Description

enhancement

Currently, the generator plugin always generates the assertion class which requires the test-compile step of Maven to compile the classes in every run - even if no source code has changed. The assertion classes should only be generated:

  1. when they do not exist
  2. when the associated class changes

Example:

I want to create assertions for class A:

  • assertion class for class A do not exist -> generate assertion class
  • assertion class for class A exists and class A was not changed since the generation -> do not generate assertion class
  • assertion class for class A exists and class A was changed since the generation -> generate a new version of the assertion class
Dominant language
Java
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