I do not know how to set the source file for a compilationTask
.
I tried this:
JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
List<String> optionList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("-d","build/classes"));
List<String> classes = new ArrayList<String>();
classes.add("src/Hello.java");
CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask(null, null, null, optionList, classes, null);
task.call();
But I get the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Not a valid class name: src/Hello.java
of course, if I put null instead of classes I get "no source files" as no source file was given. I tried using the run function of the JavaCompiler
before this but I could not specify the options in the string arguments (Or I do not know how).
Here is the solution:
JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
StandardJavaFileManager fileManager = compiler.getStandardFileManager(null, null, null);
List<String> optionList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("-d","build/classes"));
Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> classes = fileManager.getJavaFileObjectsFromFiles(Arrays.asList(new File("src/Hello.java")));
CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask(null, null, null, optionList,null, classes);
task.call();