Performing write operations inside a ClassPostProcessingCompiler

From http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/IDEADEV/IntelliJ+IDEA+Architectural+Overview: "the data structures of IntelliJ IDEA are covered by a single "multiple readers / single writer" lock."  AFAIU you don't need to use WriteActions here as long as you're dealing with files only, see org.jetbrains.idea.maven.compiler.MavenResourceCompiler#process

Hello Arik,

The compiler is expected to operate on the level of java.io.Files rather
than the VFS. That doesn't require a write action.

I'm adding a ClassPostProcessingCompiler which generates a file during
build in the output directory. But the
Application.isWriteAccessAllowed() method returns false - which is
kind of surprising since by definition a compiler "writes" things


I've tried to wrap it in Application.runWriteAction but a log
statement is issued saying "Write access is allowed from event
dispatch thread only" is output to the log.

Am I doing something wrong here?

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Thanks, that clears it :)