<compileArgs> in maven-plugin configuration whitespace issue

[mands]

Hi,

I'm trying to enable several compileArgs as part of configuration for the maven plugin. It works when there is only a single flag without spaces, but any spaces seem to break how the contents is passed to javac.

Working example

The below adds only --enable-preview as a compileArg and works.

            <plugin>
                <groupId>gg.jte</groupId>
                <artifactId>jte-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${jte.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    ... 
                    <compileArgs>--enable-preview</compileArgs>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

Error example

            <plugin>
                <groupId>gg.jte</groupId>
                <artifactId>jte-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${jte.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    ... 
                    <compileArgs>--enable-preview --release 23</compileArgs>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

The above fails with the following error,

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal gg.jte:jte-maven-plugin:3.1.16:precompile (default) on project backend: Execution default of goal gg.jte:jte-maven-plugin:3.1.16:precompile failed: Failed to compile template, error at
[ERROR] error: invalid flag: --enable-preview --release 23
[ERROR] Usage: javac <options> <source files>
[ERROR] use --help for a list of possible options

I've tried adding xml:space="preserve" as an attribute tag but it makes no difference, e.g.

<compileArgs xml:space="preserve">--enable-preview --release 23</compileArgs>

Thanks for your help!