Hi,
yep, that's the behaviour how ant works.
why do you think
com.sun.tools.javac.Main in tools.jar
is deprecated?
It's still the standard java compiler and the class that you call, when
you execute the javac application.
Yes, there is a new API (and SPI) in javax.tools but it's standard
behaviour is nothing else than just calling cst.javac.Main and i see no
reason to use it in ant.
(and would require java-version dependent implementations of <javac> as
long as ant should be backwards compatible with java 5)
However, I read your original post again and found a possible reasons
why your classpath doesn't work as expected:
<classpath
path="/home/ab/antcode/RAD8ProjectsWAS7Server/StarterWeb/WebContent/WEB-INF/lib/*;/opt/local/software/websphere/v7/lib/*;/opt/local/software/websphere/v7/plugins/*"/>
is NOT the same as setting as calling javac -cp with the same path.
<classpath> (or the classpath attribute of <javac>) builds internally an Ant
Path-like structure. The Asterisk * is expanded to every file in the directory whereas the
asterisk in javac's cp is expanded to jar-files in the directory.
try the <compilerarg> element to set javac's classpath directly.
rgds
Rainer
Am 31.01.2013 20:57, schrieb WebServices Development:
While researching when trying to figure out why I could not use the wildcard
classpath for the javac task- even in ant 1.8.4 ( wildcards are supposed to be
allowed since Ant 1.8.2 )- here is what I have inferred. Can someone please
let me know, if the inference is correct or am I mis-guided soul here
- If you use 'fork' attribute in the 'javac' task, it uses javac of the jdk I am
running ant with ( Thanks to Rainer Noack in response to question - Which javac does ant
use in its "javac" task? )
- If you use 'fork' AND the 'compiler' attribute in the 'javac' task - it
uses the compiler specified by the value of the 'compiler' attribute
- If you do not use the 'fork' and / or 'compiler' attribute, the compile
method from com.sun.tools.javac.Main gets invoked. This class is in tools.jar
and this is a pre jdk1.6 implementation of the compile and is also deprecated
So, my questions are
- Have I understood it correctly ?
- What would be the replacement for com.sun.tools.javac.Main
- How can I change the implementation to use the newer class for compile
method and use the changed implementation? What would be the process I will
need to follow?
Thank you
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