maven-3compiler-warningsscalacscala-maven-plugin

maven "rerun with -feature" when compiling scala

I recently noticed Scala compiler warnings that maven was generating that looked like this:

[WARNING] warning: there were 4 deprecation warning(s); re-run with -deprecation for details

[WARNING] warning: there were 3 feature warning(s); re-run with -feature for details

[WARNING] two warnings found

It was not immediately apparent to me how to follow the warning's instructions so I could get details on how to change my code.

Solution

  • It turns out that these two instructions are coming from the Scala compiler and so what needs to happen under the covers is for scalac to be called with -deprecation or -feature as described here:

    http://www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/nightly/docs-2.10.3/manual/html/scalac.html

    (actually I never saw the -feature option explained anywhere but I was able to specify it as follows)

    I'm using the scala-maven-plugin and compiling with scala:compile described here:

    http://davidb.github.io/scala-maven-plugin/compile-mojo.html

    The relevant parameter is described here:

    http://davidb.github.io/scala-maven-plugin/compile-mojo.html#addScalacArgs

    So, two maven commands that I found helpful were:

    mvn clean compile -DaddScalacArgs=-deprecation mvn clean compile -DaddScalacArgs=-feature