After using the boilerplate mechanisms of GWTP I get the error that the classes (which where generated) are already existing.
The folder target/generated-sources con
The problem was that the maven-processor-plugin and the maven-compiler-plugin where generating the (same) sources to different folders. The solution is to disable one processor. I decided that the maven-processor-plugin will be disabled.
The other option is to add <compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
to the maven-compiler-plugin. This has the benifit that mvn generate-sources
is working.