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Re: Using sun javac to parse java source

From	Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Using sun javac to parse java source
Date	2011-08-24 10:51 +0200
Organization	albasani.net
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Am 24.08.2011 01:00, schrieb Arne Vajhøj:
> 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
>
>
You might find a detailed example useful. There is an article
about "Dynamic Code Generation with Java Compiler API in Java 6"
by Swaminathan Bhaskar at

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56642760/Java-Compiler

The article shows how to compile source from strings to byte arrays.

-- Sebastian

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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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