Have BCEL or ASM or any of the bytecode toolkits taken up the slack on some of this yet?
Ted Neward Java, .NET, XML Services Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing http://www.tedneward.com > -----Original Message----- > From: jvm-languages@googlegroups.com [mailto:jvm- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Oliver Nutter > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:07 PM > To: jvm-languages@googlegroups.com > Subject: [jvm-l] Annotation processing without Sun dependency > > > Ok, I've got a problem. In JRuby 1.1.3 we started using a compile-time > annotation processor to pre-generate a bunch of code. This has helped > startup time, since before we did this processing at runtime using Java > reflection classes, and just using those classes increased both memory > and startup time. > > But the problem is that in order to an offline annotation processing, > we > need to use Sun-specific APIs for the "apt" tool, and need a reflection > API that doesn't cause/require the classes to be loaded, since the code > we're generating will depend on things that have not been compiled yet. > So we're using the com.sun.mirror classes for the annotation processor > and all the reflection. > > Obviously this means a build-time dependency on a Sun JDK, since > annotation processing has not yet been standardized. This complicates > folks on non-Sun JDKs keeping up with JRuby trunk, since they can't > build it. The dependency does not extend to runtime, however. > > So my questions: > > Is there a third-party annotation processing tool/library we could use > instead? > > - Charlie > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.3/1563 - Release Date: > 7/20/2008 12:59 PM > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.3/1564 - Release Date: 7/21/2008 6:42 AM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
