Organising compiled class files

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Agreed that using code to drive javac is the way to go.  I'd recommend 
trying to call javac via API if possible, just to save the startup cost 
of execing javac.

As well as the CompilerUtils test library, you can also use the new-in-9 
java.util.spi.ToolProvider to get the "javac" provider, that provides 
the facilities as command-line use of javac, albeit in the same JVM.

-- Jon


On 3/15/18 2:43 AM, David Holmes wrote:
> On 15/03/2018 6:41 PM, Weijun Wang wrote:
>> Do CompilerUtils and InMemoryJavaCompiler in jdk.test.lib.compiler 
>> work for you?
>
> CompilerUtils seems like it could replace the shell script. IMJC is 
> probably a bit too low-level (I could also exec javac).
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>> --Max
>>
>>> On Mar 15, 2018, at 1:09 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm working on class redefinition tests which require me to have 
>>> multiple versions of the same-named class but different actual 
>>> contents. At the moment this is done via shell script that invokes 
>>> javac and then moves the generated .class files to the desired 
>>> location. This seems a bit kludgy.
>>>
>>> Given a layout:
>>>
>>> redefTest/RedefTest.java
>>> redefTest/ver1/Foo.java
>>> redeftest/ver2/Foo.java
>>>
>>> is there a way to have jtreg compile all the source files such that 
>>> the directory structure is replicated for the .class files?
>>>
>>> redefTest/RedefTest.d/RedefTest.class
>>> redefTest/RedefTest.d/ver1/Foo.class
>>> redefTest/RedefTest.d/ver2/Foo.class
>>>
>>> Otherwise what suggestions do people have? Can ClassfileInstaller 
>>> help here? Or should I just stick with the shell script?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>