The Jikes compiler is an open source compiler
that translates Java source files as defined in The Java Language Specification into the bytecoded instruction set and binary format defined in The Java Virtual Machine Specification. For a complete description
of Jikes, vist the Jikes home page at http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/jikes/index.shtml
To view or change the properties of the Jikes compiler, open the Options window, expand the Building node, expand the Compiler Types subnode, and select Jikes Compilation. When you change the value of a property, your change affects all classes that use the Jikes compiler. Following are descriptions of the properties of the Jikes compiler.
Property | Description |
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Debug | If True, generates debugging information when you compile, which enables you to see local variables during debugging. If False, only line number and source file information are generated. |
Deprecation | If True, displays each use or override of a deprecated member or class. If False, displays the names of source files that use or override deprecated members or classes. |
Enable JDK 1.4 Source | If True, the compiler accepts code containing assertions. Assertions were introduced in JDK 1.4. If False, the compiler does not support assertions. |
Encoding | Sets the encoding that determines how the compiler interprets characters beyond the ASCII character set. If this value is set to null, the platform default converter is used. |
Error Expression | Provides a regular expression in POSIX format describing the format of the error output. |
External Compiler | Sets the path to the executable compiler.
By default, the external compiler is the javac compiler
provided with your JDK.
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Identifying Name | Sets the name that the IDE uses to identify this compiler type. |
Optimize | If True, optimizes the generated bytecode so that it is more compact and runs faster. |
Target | Sets the filesystem where you want to direct the compiler output.
If you choose <not set>,
the .class files are written to their source directory.
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Property | Description |
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Boot Class Path | Sets the path from which to load your java source files. |
Boot Classpath Tag Replace |
Sets the command line option for the boot class path. |
Class Path | Sets the class path to be used by the IDE. This value overrides the class path set in the CLASSPATH environment variable. |
Debug Tag Replace | Sets the command line option for including debugging information (for example, -g ).
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Deprecation Tag
Replace |
Sets the command line option for showing deprecations (for example, -deprecation ).
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Environment Variables | Sets the environment variables that the IDE uses, defined as name= value. When this value is set to
null , the IDE settings are used.
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Filesystems Path | Sets the class path to the directories marked for execution in the filesystem. You cannot change this value. |
Optimize Tag Replace | Sets the command line option for optimizing bytecode (for example, -O ).
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Output Dir Tag Replace | Sets the command line option for changing the directory in which to generate classes (for example, -d ).
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See also | |
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External Compiler
fastjavac Compiler
Internal Compiler |