It sounds like you want to take a look at the org.apache.tools.ant
package in the API. Using the Project, Target, and Task classes, you
could implement Diane's example via a Java program.
--- Jay Riddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response . . . but no ;-)
>
> I want to accomplish this in Java by calling the Ant API.
>
> I need to dynamically:
> - generate source code
> - compile what was generated
> - classload it
> - execute it
>
> And I need to do all this as part of a larger application.
>
> How's THAT for fun ?
>
> On 2/13/02 10:47 AM, "Diane Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > --- Jay Riddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I have an application where I need to dynamically generate Java
> source
> >> code, compile it, load it and then execute that code.
> > [snip]
> >> However, I'm sure that I'm not doing anything really
> difficult...I'm
> >> just doing it wrong ;-). A "compile Hello World"-type example
> would
> >> save me BUNCHES of work and would be MUCH appreciated.
> >
> > If I understand right what you want to do (but given the past two
> days,
> > that's anybody's guess :), here's an example:
> >
> > <target name="runHello" depends="gensrc,compile">
> > <java classname="HelloWorld" >
> > <classpath>
> > <pathelement location="."/>
> > </classpath>
> > </java>
> > </target>
> >
> > <target name="compile">
> > <javac srcdir="." destdir="." includes="HelloWorld.java"/>
> > </target>
> >
> > <target name="gensrc">
> > <echo file="HelloWorld.java">public class HelloWorld
> > {
> > public static void main (String [] args)
> > {
> > System.out.println("Hello, world") ;
> > }
> > }
> > </echo>
> > </target>
> >
> > Diane
> >
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