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Java Compiler compileClasses() Method
Description
The Java Compiler compileClasses() method compiles all classes whose name matches the specified string.
Note − This API is deprecated since Java 9 and is not available Java 21 onwards.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for java.lang.Compiler.compileClasses() method
public static boolean compileClasses(String string)
Parameters
string − This is the name of the classes to compile.
Return Value
This method returns true if the compilation succeeded; false if the compilation failed or no compiler is available.
Exception
NullPointerException − if string is null.
Preparing a Command for a Compiler Example
The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Compiler.compileClasses() method. In this program, we've created two classes CompilerDemo and SubClass1. In main method, instances of CompilerDemo and SubClass1 are created. Using getClass() method, we've retrieved their classes. Now using compileClasses() method, we've compiled the CompilerDemo Class by passing it's name and result is printed.
package com.tutorialspoint; public class CompilerDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { CompilerDemo cls = new CompilerDemo(); CompilerDemo subcls = new SubClass1(); // class CompilerDemo Class c = cls.getClass(); System.out.println(c); // sub class SubClass1 Class c1 = subcls.getClass(); System.out.println(c1); /* returns false if the compilation failed or no compiler is available */ String str = "CompilerDemo"; boolean retval = Compiler.compileClasses(str); System.out.println("Return Value = " + retval); } } class SubClass1 extends CompilerDemo { // sub class }
Output
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
class com.tutorialspoint.CompilerDemo class com.tutorialspoint.SubClass1 Return Value = false