How to suppress Java warnings for specific directories or files such as generated code

Question

I\'m using a parser generator that creates somewhat ugly code. As a result my Eclipse project has several dozen warnings emanating from generated source files. I know I can

Answer 1

I solved this by using the maven regexp replace plugin - it does not solve the cause, but heals the pain:

  com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin
  maven-replacer-plugin
  1.3.2
  

  prepare-package
  
    replace
  

  
  

  target/generated-sources/antlr/**/*.java


true

  MULTILINE



  
    ^public class
    @SuppressWarnings("all") public class
  

  

Note that I did not manage to get the ** notation to work, so you might have to specify path exactly.

See comment below for an improvement on how not to generate duplicate @SupressWarnings