Sorry for the mail format. The issue with recompilation is not with jar file, but with class files. When I have already mentioned eg1.jar in classpath, hence compiler shouldn't recompile the common java files while compiling eg2 source files. This issue is arising only with ANT tool.
What can be the reason for this? On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 David Weintraub wrote : >Please, please change your email preferences to not send HTML email >messages! This is a text only list, and I simply cannot read your >email. > >I think what you're saying is that you have two directories: eg1 and >eg2. You compile a JAR in ej1, and need that JAR in eg2. However, eg2 >recompiles and rebuilds that JAR. There could be several things going >on: > >1). Although Ant says it is rebuilding the JAR, it isn't. The task is >executed, but the task does nothing. This is confusing for example, >when you do the "copy" task, and it claims that it is copying files. >However, I know from the time the task takes, nothing is being copied. > >2). The other problem could be the way you call the task. Java tasks >will not recompile if the *.class file is newer than the corresponding >*.java file and the *.jar will not rebuild if the *.jar is newer than >the files it is composed of. If you remove the *.java files from the >eg1 jar file, and then you run eg2, it will recompile the *.class >files because they don't exist. Then, it will rebuild the JAR because >the *.jar is older than the *.class files. The *.jar will also be >rebuilt if you include a new META-INF file too. > >The solution would be to make sure that the <java> task can easily >compare the *.java files to their corresponding *.class files and to >make sure that none of the files in your *.jar are newer than the >*.jar. Also make sure that you didn't accidentally add a file to the >directory that is being jar'd. I had a friend who created a temporary >file and that caused the *.jar to be rebuilt. > >Another possibility is to use the <uptodate> task to only build the >JAR file if all the conditions are correct. The <uptodate> task (and >the Ant Contrib <outofdate> task) are good ways to prevent rebuilding >when Ant's built in rules don't seem to be working. > > > > > > > >On 8 Jun 2007 07:23:05 -0000, query <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I have already compiled some java source files using ANT <javac> task and >>created a jar file(eg1.jar). I am using eg1.jar in the classpath to compile >>files in E:\ANTBUILD\eg\eg2\sources.The log shows that in the classpath, it >>is also including the destination folder as a classpath. Is it an expected >>issue in <javac> task? [javac] \'-d\' [javac] \'E:\\ANTBUILD\\eg\\eg2\\ClassFiles\' [javac] \'-classpath\' [javac] \'E:\\ANTBUILD\\eg\\eg2\\ClassFiles;C:\\PROGRA~1\\jdk1.5.0;E:\\ANTBUILD\\eg\\eg1\\eg1.jar >>There a few common java source files which are used in both eg1 and eg2 >>folder. As eg1.jar is already having these class files, while compiling eg2 >>source files, it shouldn\'t create these classfiles again. But the class >>files are generated and hence populating eg2.jar file with more class files >>than expected. What may be the reason for this behaviour? >>This issue was not observed when I was using some other build tool. Observed >>only in ANT tool. > > >-- -- >David Weintraub >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
