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Making A Java Compiler... In Java
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Hi,
Is it possible to create a Java compiler? Could you make a Notepad-like application, save the code as a .java file, compile it into a .class file, and run it? Basically, I want to combine Notepad and Command Prompt. I just need help on the compiling part (and listing the errors, if any).
Thanks in advanced for your help.
Is it possible to create a Java compiler? Could you make a Notepad-like application, save the code as a .java file, compile it into a .class file, and run it? Basically, I want to combine Notepad and Command Prompt. I just need help on the compiling part (and listing the errors, if any).
Thanks in advanced for your help.
hi,
I had once made a full fledge editor for java in java. All i did was to include the classpath while issuing the javac command.
I used
Process process=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("javac -cp <java file>");
then I used err stream and output stream to read the output.
The same i used for java command as well.
regards
srinivas
I had once made a full fledge editor for java in java. All i did was to include the classpath while issuing the javac command.
I used
Process process=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("javac -cp <java file>");
then I used err stream and output stream to read the output.
The same i used for java command as well.
regards
srinivas
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To run a class you don't need to launch the java executable.
Create a classloader and use that to fork off the class in-process
You can also do that to compile classes. Simply hook into Ant which is a Java application and can compile Java classes for you (by hooking into the JDK).
Examining the Ant source should be interesting (I've not yet done so) to see how they do it in a platform independent way.
Create a classloader and use that to fork off the class in-process

You can also do that to compile classes. Simply hook into Ant which is a Java application and can compile Java classes for you (by hooking into the JDK).
Examining the Ant source should be interesting (I've not yet done so) to see how they do it in a platform independent way.
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confusing? It's what I'd do. It's platform independent which is important as I work on several operating systems at the same time (Windows, 2 versions of Linux, and AIX, and I hope to add a Mac sometime next year).
And calling Ant should be rather easy. probably easier in fact than capturing the commandline output.
And calling Ant should be rather easy. probably easier in fact than capturing the commandline output.
As people are clearly allowed to attack me but I'm not allowed to defend myself, I no longer post to this site.
Ant is a tool similar to make (which is for C/C++ mainly).
It's written completely in Java so can easily integrate with Java applications.
There's books written about it, I'm barely scratching the surface by using it from the commandline to compile and package my projects.
Maybe next year when I may have time to do more I'm going to really dive into it
http://ant.apache.org
It's written completely in Java so can easily integrate with Java applications.
There's books written about it, I'm barely scratching the surface by using it from the commandline to compile and package my projects.
Maybe next year when I may have time to do more I'm going to really dive into it

http://ant.apache.org
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Hi!
I started to make the compiler but I have some problems. First, it won't compile. Second, I can't get the error messages/output to appear. My code is below. Thanks in advanced for your help.
I started to make the compiler but I have some problems. First, it won't compile. Second, I can't get the error messages/output to appear. My code is below. Thanks in advanced for your help.
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import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.event.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.io.*; public class JEdit extends JFrame implements ActionListener { JButton open = new JButton("Open"); JButton save = new JButton("Save"); JButton compile = new JButton("Compile"); JButton run = new JButton("Run"); JButton help = new JButton("Help"); JTextArea code = new JTextArea("",28,65); JTextArea output = new JTextArea("",7,65); File fileS = null; Font cf = new Font("monospaced",Font.PLAIN,12); public JEdit() { super("Java CinnaComp"); setSize(500,710); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setVisible(true); Container contentArea = getContentPane(); contentArea.setBackground(Color.lightGray); FlowLayout flowManager = new FlowLayout(); contentArea.setLayout(flowManager); contentArea.add(save); save.addActionListener(this); contentArea.add(open); open.addActionListener(this); contentArea.add(compile); compile.addActionListener(this); contentArea.add(run); run.addActionListener(this); contentArea.add(help); help.addActionListener(this); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(code, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS); contentArea.add(scrollPane); code.setFont(cf); JScrollPane scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane(output, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS); contentArea.add(scrollPane2); output.setFont(cf); setContentPane(contentArea); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { if(event.getSource() == save) { JFileChooser saveChooser = new JFileChooser(); saveChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY); int result = saveChooser.showSaveDialog(this); if(result == JFileChooser.CANCEL_OPTION) return; fileS = saveChooser.getSelectedFile(); if(fileS == null || fileS.getName().equals("")) JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid File Name", "Invalid File Name", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); else { try { FileWriter saveFile = new FileWriter(fileS.getPath()); BufferedWriter bufferS = new BufferedWriter(saveFile); bufferS.write(code.getText()); bufferS.close(); } catch (Exception e1) { } } } if(event.getSource() == open) { JFileChooser openChooser = new JFileChooser(); openChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY); int result2 = openChooser.showOpenDialog(this); if(result2 == JFileChooser.CANCEL_OPTION) return; File fileO = openChooser.getSelectedFile(); if(fileO == null || fileO.getName().equals("")) JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid File Name", "Invalid File Name", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); else { try { FileReader openFile = new FileReader(fileO.getPath()); BufferedReader bufferO = new BufferedReader(openFile); String textline = null; while((textline = bufferO.readLine()) != null) { code.append(textline+"\n"); } bufferO.close(); } catch (Exception e2) { } } } if(event.getSource()==compile) { try { Process compile = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("javac -cp " + fileS.getPath()); output.setText(compile.getErrorStream().toString()); } catch(Exception e3) { output.append("\n"+e3.toString()); } } if (event.getSource() == run) { try { Process run = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("java -cp " + fileS.getParent()+fileS.getName()); output.setText(run.getErrorStream().toString()); output.append("\n"+run.getOutputStream().toString()); } catch (Exception e4) { output.append("\n" + e4.toString()); } } } public static void main (String [] args) { new JEdit(); } }
Just using ant is not too hard, you run the "ant" command from a directory that has a build.xml file. Constructing the build.xml file to do what you want is a little more complex. There are many tutorials to do that. Like this one
http://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/docu...s/ant/ant.html
http://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/docu...s/ant/ant.html
The trick is building the xml file to have ant do tricks like run unit tests, deploy your application to a J2EE server, and things like that 
And of course integrating Ant inside another application is a bit more involved than just calling the command from the prompt.

And of course integrating Ant inside another application is a bit more involved than just calling the command from the prompt.
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