What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Create a multi module project. 2. Configure the maven-annotation-plugin in the parent POM

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

We get a build error because there is no source directory and no source files in the parent POM module. That's the case for every module with packaging pom it would in your view make sense to skip execution for such projects.

Please provide any additional information below.

We configure the maven-annotation-plugin in the parent POM because we want to execute it for every module.

Attached you'll find a simple patch that implements this.

thx

i'll apply pacth asap

patch applied on 1.3.2 version

Awesome, thanks a lot.

I don't know, have you thought about adding an ERROR message maybe? I was trying to use this plugin with a POM project for a site, where I needed to generate documentation based on source in other directories, and this "fix" just prevented me from it...

Hi, thx for feedback

What do you think if i put a parameter allowing to change this behaviour (i.e. ) ?

Let me know

I don't really care anymore because the maven-compiler plugin now supports this.

Ok

however .. thx again for feedback