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- /*
- * @(#)Compiler.java 1.8 98/03/18
- *
- * Copyright 1995-1997 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
- * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
- * of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You
- * shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
- * it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
- * you entered into with Sun.
- */
-
- package java.lang;
-
- /**
- * The <code>Compiler</code> class is provided to support
- * Java-to-native-code compilers and related services. By design, the
- * <code>Compiler</code> class does nothing; it serves as a
- * placeholder for a JIT compiler implementation.
- * <p>
- * When the Java Virtual Machine first starts, it determines if the
- * system property <code>java.compiler</code> exists. (System
- * properties are accessible through <code>getProperty</code> and ,
- * a method defined by the <code>System</code> class.) If so, it is
- * assumed to be the name of a library (with a platform-dependent
- * exact location and type); the <code>loadLibrary</code> method in
- * class <code>System</code> is called to load that library. If this
- * loading succeeds, the function named
- * <code>java_lang_Compiler_start()</code> in that library is called.
- * <p>
- * If no compiler is available, these methods do nothing.
- *
- * @author Frank Yellin
- * @version 1.8, 03/18/98
- * @see java.lang.System#getProperty(java.lang.String)
- * @see java.lang.System#getProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
- * @see java.lang.System#loadLibrary(java.lang.String)
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- public final class Compiler {
- private Compiler() {} // don't make instances
-
- private static native void initialize();
-
- private static native void registerNatives();
-
- static {
- registerNatives();
- String library = null;
- try {
- library = System.getProperty("java.compiler");
- if (library != null) {
- System.loadLibrary(library);
- initialize();
- }
- } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
- System.err.println("Warning: JIT compiler \"" + library +
- "\" not found. Will use interpreter.");
- }
- }
-
- /**
- * Compiles the specified class.
- *
- * @param clazz a class.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the compilation succeeded;
- * <code>false</code> if the compilation failed or no compiler
- * is available.
- */
- public static native boolean compileClass(Class clazz);
-
- /**
- * Compiles all classes whose name matches the specified string.
- *
- * @param string the name of the classes to compile.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the compilation succeeded;
- * <code>false</code> if the compilation failed or no compiler
- * is available.
- */
- public static native boolean compileClasses(String string);
-
- /**
- * Examines the argument type and its fields and perform some documented
- * operation. No specific operations are required.
- *
- * @param any an argument.
- * @return a compiler-specific value, or <code>null</code> if no compiler
- * is available.
- */
- public static native Object command(Object any);
-
- /**
- * Cause the Compiler to resume operation.
- */
- public static native void enable();
-
- /**
- * Cause the Compiler to cease operation.
- */
- public static native void disable();
- }
-