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Re: Using sun javac to parse java source

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On 8/23/2011 4:24 PM, Alex J wrote:
> I'm curious whether it is possible to use JavacParser -
> http://docjar.org/docs/api/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.html
> - built-in to OpenJDK to parse standalone java files (though claimed
> to be "internal use only API"). I googled but I've found no answers.

Java 1.6 and newer contains a supported callable Java compiler.

Use that.

If you only want to syntax check you will need to discard the
generated byte code in case of success, but that is easy.

The API is a bit complex many would say over engineered, but
it works fine.

Arne

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Using sun javac to parse java source Alex J <vstrength@gmail.com> - 2011-08-23 13:24 -0700
  Re: Using sun javac to parse java source Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-23 19:00 -0400
    Re: Using sun javac to parse java source Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-23 17:25 -0700
      Re: Using sun javac to parse java source Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-23 21:52 -0400
        Re: Using sun javac to parse java source Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-23 20:20 -0700
          Re: Using sun javac to parse java source Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-24 19:22 -0400
            Re: Using sun javac to parse java source Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-24 21:05 -0700
    Re: Using sun javac to parse java source Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2011-08-24 10:51 +0200
      Re: Using sun javac to parse java source Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-24 19:19 -0400

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