Description Georg Lenz 2005-05-31 08:41:31 EDT

Possibility to use the JDT compiler via official API outside of a running workbench


Remarks:
If we had ASTParser out side of a running workbench our problems would be
solved, but it lives inside the context of I(Java)Project. Therefore we use
“Compiler” it is standalone but internal and undocumented. 
If the things done in
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ast/
 could be considered “official documentation” our problems would be solved.

Summary of current problems: 

We are using the compiler for AST-based static code analysis outside of a
running workbench environment, e.g. in a build environment. We are forced to use
the internal org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.* classes instead of the
official org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.* API.