'javac' Command

Description

Compile java files.

Technical Specification (partial)

javac [options] [sourcefiles]

• -cp or -classpath path - ':' or ';' separated list of locations to search for source files
• -sourcepath path - ':' or ';' separated list of location to search for classes, interfaces, etc
• -d directory - the destination for .class files
  
  • does not create target directory
  • does create package path directories

Notes

• Classpath Searching:
  
  1. JRE
  2. Environment Variable (classpath)
  3. Command-Line Classpath (overrides environment variable)
• Directory Delimitor: unix '/', Mac '/', Windows '\'
• Classpath Separator: unix ':', Mac ':', Windows ';'
• Current Directory: '.'
• First class found is the one used. Searching stops when first class is found.

Examples

bash script

javac -d build -sourcepath src src/com/bryanpugh/scjp/MyClass.java

ant

<project basedir=".">
<target name="compile">
<mkdir dir="build"/> <javac srcdir="src" destdir="build"/>
</target name="compile">
</project>