> > Does anyone know how to call the java compiler from within a java
> > program and without using Runtime.exec()?
>
> It is not a question specific to Java and *Linux*.
> Here is not just proper place to ask it.
>
> You can make use of the class sun.tools.javac.Main as:
>
> sun.tools.javac.Main javac = new sun.tools.javac.Main(System.out, "javac");
> javac.compile(new String[]{"Foo.java"});
>
> Sun don't make the sun.* API open to the public.
But you can javap them :)
If you plan on distributing this, check to make sure the JRE classes.zip
actually contains the sun.tool.* hierarchy. I don't think it does.
dstn.
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