[vtkusers] Re: Compilation problem with java

[Daniel ALEXANDER]

We've tried doing this compilation by hand but can't get that to work either. The problem is that not
all of the .java files are generated before compilation begins - we can't compile the java source files
in directory common because they depend on ones which will be in directory graphics.

How do we extract the .java files into directories other than common before starting compilation?

d

> But a fresh install has no java classes compiled :(.  Once you have the compiled classes then you can
> use the Makefile and javac will find them using the CLASSPATH environment variable, but its the
> chicken and egg thing, the Makefile cannot compile vtkActor2D because it can't find vtkProp (not
> compiled yet), but it can't compile vtkProp because the Makefile failed on vtkActor2D.  The reason
> that this doesn't receive more attention is probably that once you have the classes compiled, you'll
> never hit this problem again.
>
> I agree that compiling them by hand is a pain in the ass, but if you tell it to compile
> {vtk_home}/java/vtk/*.java once all of the java sources have been generated, it will compile all of
> the java sources and javac will resolve the dependencies between all of the source files passed and
> any compiled classes in the CLASSPATH.