Depends on how you interpret 'everything' and 'each time'. The default compiler plugin configuration is quite eager to recompile allot if something changed. h

Depends on how you interpret 'everything' and 'each time'. The default compiler plugin configuration is quite eager to recompile allot if something changed. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/compile-mojo.html#useIncrementalCompilation https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/compi... "true (default) in this mode the compiler plugin determines whether [...] any source file was added, removed or changed since the last compilation. If this is the case, the compiler plugin recompiles _all_ sources.