Where the default location of generated source files?

Question

Hello!
In my processor I create several source files and check it's names for existance before
private String genClassName( final String packageName, final String key, final String suffix )
        final StringBuilder suggest = new StringBuilder( packageName ).append( key ).append( suffix );
        final Elements elementsUtil = processingEnv.getElementUtils();
        int i = 0;
        while( elementsUtil.getTypeElement( suggest ) != null )
            suggest.append( i++ );
        return suggest.substring( packageName.length() );
    }If I not define -s option for javac at first time compile and then set it to some location, then some generated before files are visible for this method and numbers added.
So, the question: where to find a default "shadow" source tree to clean up it before next compilation with changed -s option?
Sorry for my english and thanks for answers
Edited by: Maxoid2 on Jun 3, 2008 10:34 PM

Answer 1

The directory to clean up is where the -s option pointed to last time.
The simplest way to do this is to always use the -s option and don't change it. Using the default value for -s option (which is the same as -d) tends to lead to problems. I always specify -s option, and make it different to -d option and -sourcepath.
If you do this you don't even have to clean it up, javac only looks in there for files that it placed there. Files from previous builds get overwritten. Files from previous builds that are not overwritten are ignored.
with a separate -s directory, it just works.
Bruce