Charles Oliver Nutter wrote: > Jim White wrote: > >>Well, it probably isn't useful for JRuby, but Groovy had a similar >>problem but solved it by implementing Java 5 Annotations processing as >>part of it's compiler. There is even an example by Danno Ferrin >>(Grape's "@grab" annotation) which hooks into an early compiler phase to >>pull in classpath dependencies. I believe all this Groovy compiler and >>language extension stuff is being standardized (as far as Groovy is >>concerned that is) around the Groovy AST API. > > I've considered doing the same, but the compiler I need to hook into is > javac, not JRuby's compiler. Groovy has a different situation because > they want to process annotations in Groovy code, not in Java code. I > need cross-JDK annotation processing of annotations in JRuby's Java > code, unfortunately.
Then perhaps using the Eclipse APT is the way to go: http://www.eclipse.org/jdt/apt/ Although since javac, apt, and friends are in OpenJDK, that would probably be a better starting point: http://www.iced-tea.org/wiki/IcePick Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" group. To post to this group, send email to jvm-languages@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jvm-languages?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
