Compiling Question

[Gregg Bolinger]

Ok let's say I am writing a JAva Application.
I have 2 classes:
1. Class A
2. Class B
Class A contains main() and inside main I instantiate Class B. ClassB cb = new ClassB();
Now let's say that I am ready to compile my code. Is there a way that you can force the compiler to check for dependencies and compile those classes first instead of compiling each class individually? That way I can Compile Class A which will force Class B to get compiled first?
Hope that makes sense.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

My compilers (1.3.1_02 and 1.4) from Sun do this without any switch settings. Does yours not?

[Gregg Bolinger]

I am using 1.4 and it does not. However, I am compiling through an IDE (JCreator). I will compile outside of the IDE and see what happens.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

You might need to specify the sourcepath location.
Sun's documentation on javac explains the switches available.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

JCreator also failed for me.
Update - This does work fine for me with JCreator without setting the sourcepath or making any other changes. Previously, I had a problem with the classpath setting - ".;" had been omitted.
B.java is even automatically compiled when in a different package.
[ May 13, 2002: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[Gregg Bolinger]

Ok here are my two files.

package classes;
public class ClassA {

public static void main(String[] arga) { 

ClassB cb = new ClassB();


}


}

-----------------------------------

package classes;
public class ClassB {

public ClassB() {
System.out.println("In Class B");

}

}

Now, classB has not been compiled yet. And when I try and compile Class A, the compiler tells me it doesn know Class B. "Cannot Resolve Symbol".
Here is how I am compiling.
javac ClassA.java
Any suggestions?

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Maybe this is a directory/package structure issue. What is your (relevant) directory structure? Where are the source code files? What is your working directory (what directory are you in) when you compile?

[Gregg Bolinger]

ok, here is how it is
c:\Test - contains Source files
c:\Test\classes - Will contain my class files.
I am in this dirctory when I compile.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

So far, the only way I can get it to work when both classes are part of the same specified package, is to compile from the parent directory (from c:\Test) with:
javac c:\Test\classes\ClassA.java
and then both files are compiled.
[ May 13, 2002: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[Dirk Schreckmann]

OK, I can get it to work from the classes directory if I specify the parent directory in my classpath.
So, from c:\test\classes:
javac -classpath "c:\Test;%classpath%" ClassA.java
Does this work for you? Has any of this helped yet?