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"Molitor, Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Have you tried the new 'javac server' in JDE?  Customize the variable
> jde-compiler, and select 'javac server'.  It uses the bean shell to compile,
> which means that the JVM to compile is always running (essentially, 'always
> having a compiler running'). Compiling is virtually instantaneous, and javac
> will compile any dependencies (also instantaneous).  It does automaticallly
> compile when you save, but that would be easy to rig -- just add a
> jde-compile call to the save hook.  The compilation is not incremental, but
> most of the cost of compiling is starting up the JVM.  Using an already
> running JVM, it's almost instantaneous.  No real need for incremental
> compilation, IMHO.

OK.  I will play with this.  The one thing I think is that for good incremental
compilation the stats need to be exposed to the user.  Need to thing of a good
UI here..

> One caveat: In the current version of JDE, the javac server is not completely
> compatible with JDEBug.  You might not be able to debug stuff compiled with
> javac server.  When that happens, I recompile with the normal 'javac
> executable' option and debug.
<snip>

Seems like a good idea to be able to use jde-make or je-ant along with it.  

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