javac and dependencies

[Rouiller Claude <cr...@elca.ch>]

Hi

I have 2 source files: a.java and b.java.
In a.java, I use a class that is defined in b.java.

Imagine I've just compiled both files.
If I modify only b.java and I call Ant again, Ant will call the compiler for
b.java only. (This is not a surprise, because it is written in the Ant
documentation "Only Java files that have no corresponding class file or
where the class file is older than the java file will be compiled.")

What I would like Ant to do is to recompile both files, even when I don't
change a.java.
A solution is to "clean" every time before calling the compiler.
Is there any nicer solution??

Claude

Re: javac and dependencies

[Delafond Sebastien <Se...@enst-bretagne.fr>]

You could also separate the compilations processes of these two files, 
and have the task related to "a" depend on the one related to "b".

--SD

On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 02:07:14PM +0200, Rouiller Claude wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have 2 source files: a.java and b.java.
> In a.java, I use a class that is defined in b.java.
> 
> Imagine I've just compiled both files.
> If I modify only b.java and I call Ant again, Ant will call the compiler for
> b.java only. (This is not a surprise, because it is written in the Ant
> documentation "Only Java files that have no corresponding class file or
> where the class file is older than the java file will be compiled.")
> 
> What I would like Ant to do is to recompile both files, even when I don't
> change a.java.
> A solution is to "clean" every time before calling the compiler.
> Is there any nicer solution??
> 
> Claude