Re: [aether-users] nested sessions configuration isolation

[Benjamin Bentmann <bentmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Igor Fedorenko wrote:

> There are several places in Maven and m2e when we need to effectively
> create nested aether repository session. Currently, some most session
> customizations applied to the nested session are discarded, while others
> seem to "leak" into the outer session. Session data and cache and two
> examples of such a leak. Is this expected/desired behaviour or
> should I report it as a bug?

This is expected behavior and the copy constructor's doc [0] tries to 
outline that. It's worth to keep in mind that mutating the session 
object itself and objects referenced by it (like the cache) are distinct 
concerns.


Benjamin


[0] 
http://download.eclipse.org/aether/aether-core/1.0.0/apidocs/org/eclipse/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSession.html#DefaultRepositorySystemSession%28org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession%29