So, if you needed to use a different compiler (e.g., VisualCafe), you'd need to either modify the Javac task (assuming it was designed to be modifiable in that way) or write a new task (call it "sj" I guess)?
Thanks, Diane --- Nicolas Adiba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > You choose the way your compiler is called with with the property > "build.compiler". JAVA_HOME is used to point to your jdk (if you use > jikes it won't > be in your jdk). "build.compiler" has 3 hardcoded values which are: > classic, jikes > and modern. > So you can't really specify any compiler but you can choose between > javac > 1.1/1.2 style, javac 1.3 style or jikes (is found from the system path > which means > there is directory in this path where jikes is). > However for the first two you need tools.jar in your classpath (set > JAVA_HOME=e:\jdk1.2.2 and then set > classpath=lib/ant;lib/xml;%JAVA_HOME%/lib/tools.jar under windows before > calling > ant). > If you just want to switch from one jdk to another change your > JAVA_HOME. In any > case JAVA_HOME is supposed to point to the directory where bin/, lib/, > jre/, ... of > the jdk are. If you are confused by the classpath (we have all been > through that) > try to play with it, when you will be tired making classpath errors you > will > understand. > If you want to use jikes in a build file try something like this: > (sorry if you > are not working on windows ... but the idea is here) > > build.bat: > > set JIKES=e:\progra~1\jikes\ > set PATH=%PATH%;%JIKES% > set JAVA_HOME=e:\jdk1.2.2 > set > ANT_CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%..\..\lib\ant.jar;..\..\lib\xml.jar;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar > > %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -classpath "%ANT_CLASSPATH%" > org.apache.tools.ant.Main %1 %2 %3 > %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 > > build.xml: > > <project name="CompTest basedir="."> > <target name="compile"> > <property name="build.compiler" value="jikes"> > <javac .... /> > <target/> > <project /> > > Hope it helps, if you still have questions take a look to the source > code it's > simple to understand: src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java. > There are > some more answers embedded to your mail. > > > Nicolas. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nicolas Adiba - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > graduate student, software engineering, network and distributed systems > Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Diane Holt wrote: > > > Thanks for the pointer -- but maybe I should preface all my questions > > with: After having read the Ant user's manual several times, I still > need > > to ask... > > > > (See why I apologized for being a bozo :) > > > > Thanks, > > Diane > > > > --- Christopher Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm not sure I understand how to specify which java compiler to > use. > > > Is it > > > > based on what JAVA_HOME is set to in the environment? The user's > > > manual > > > > mentions a build.compiler property -- is that where you'd specify > it? > > yes > > > > > > If > > > > it is, where would you do that > > anywhere such as the init target or in your compile target > > > , and what would the specification be -- > > > a > > > > directory path to where all the bin, lib, etc. directories for > that > > > jdk > > > > live? > > build.compiler has only 3 values: classic, standard and jikes. You need > to > understand that javac is in the java library tools.jar in all jdk (need > to be in > your classpath), but jikes is an external program (need to be in your > path). > > > And where does JAVA_HOME come into it? > > JAVA_HOME point to the directory where is installed your jdk. It's just > a convention > and is not used directly by ant (it's an assumption, I'm not sure). > > > > > > > > > > > (Sorry for being such a bozo about this stuff -- I'm signed up for > a > > > java > > > > class in a couple of weeks, so hopefully I'll be a little less so > > > after > > > > that.) > > > > > > > Don't apologize for asking questions - everyone was a beginnner at > > > first! > > > > > > However, you might want to read the FAQ > > > > > > <http://jakarta.apache.org/jyve-faq/Turbine/screen/DisplayQuestionAnswer/action/ > > > SetAll/project_id/2/faq_id/16/topic_id/72/question_id/339>, where > I've > > > already > > > answered this question. ;-) > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Diane > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Christopher Elkins > > > > > > > ===== > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com/ > ===== ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
