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Re: Can my application run code that it builds - on the fly compiling?

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From: Chris Hill
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:00

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It is possible to dynamically load a *.class file, but not a *.java
file.  The java source code needs to be compiled to bytecode before it
can be processed by the Java virtual machine.  If this is good enough
for your , I think the two classes to start with are ClassLoader and
Class.  

On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:03:52 -0500, "Bob Byron" <bbyron@radit.com>
wrote:

>Philosophical question - Can a running Java application write out Java code
>to a file - then reference that Java code?  That would be convenient.
>Basically, I would like my application to be able to have its own command
>language and it would be more convenient if I did not have to design one,
>but use Java to compile brand new code my application just wrote.
>
>Thanks,
>Bob Byron
>RAD Systems, Inc.
>
>

Chris Hill
hillca@cs.purdue.edu

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