Hi, We have an old Java 1.1 applet that we need to compile on UNIX and Windows. In Java 1.4.x targeting compilation for 1.1 byte codes no longer works (thanks, Sun!), so we seem to need muiltiple JDKs installed to compile this one particular sub-project, and switch JAVA_HOMEs or something.
But I had another idea, which is to use the 1.1 classes.zip, which contains the compiler, and call it directly using the <java> task. We have to do this since Ant detects the compiler and JVM version when we use the <javac> task, and as I said, with JDK 1.4, both Ant and Sun JVM ensure that you can't target compilation for 1.1. So, we did a <java> target that works on Windows calling the javac class and passing in a /path/to/*.java. The Windows command shell somehow gets a chance to evaluate the asterisk and expand it. We understand that this all has to do with Ant using Runtime.exec() under the covers. Anyway, on UNIX (sh or bash environment), the '*.java' does not get evaluated. The javac class throws an error saying it can't find a file named "*.java" So, turns out I had exactly the same issue using the <java> task to call weblogic.jspc a while back, and I had to write two targets for it (I didn't use the optional task for good reasons), one for Windows, which is fast as hell, and one for other OSes, which is slow. The speed is the difference between looping over each folder of JSPs with JSPC, vs. processing a whole huge Web app all at once. Anyway, this is a recurring issue now for me. We've tried using <exec> to call java to call the javac class. This also does not work (the '*.java' is still taken as a literal on UNIX). I know we *install* JDK 1.1 on any and all boxes that need to build this, but it would be so much slicker to just be able to stick classes.zip in this one project and not have any external deps. Plus, the issue affects use cases (as described with the weblogic.jspc tool). Anyone else run into this and come up with a portable solution? Thanks, Scott Stirling Workscape, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
