Re: [aspectj-dev] incrimental compilation

[Wes Isberg <wes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The AspectJ compiler does not support a mode like the
Javac Ant task where the set of input files are pruned to
remove files that haven't changed since a corresponding
.class file changed.  That can produce incorrect file
sets even for Javac, and AspectJ always needs to know
precisely which files it is supposed to be compiling,
since aspects potentially affect any class.  (This is
covered in the AspectJ FAQ.)

You have another option:  Use the Ant task "tagfile" option,
and modify the tagfile whenever you want to kick off another
incremental build.  This will leave the compiler
"idling", but that's the only way to make us of
the in-memory cache for incremental compilation.

See the ant task docs for more details.

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/indextech.cgi/~checkout~/aspectj-home/doc/devguide/antTasks.html

Wes

Peter Litvak wrote:

> Hi,
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> Is there any way to get an incremental compilation with AspectJ compiler using ANT task? The incremental mode that described in the documentation is not what I need. In that mode you have to run your build script and then after full compilation is done the compiler is sitting there and waiting until you press 'r' to rebuild (then it rebuilds only changed files) or 'q' to quit. This is so called "online" mode. Where I need an "offline" mode because I use ANT build script from an IDE other than Eclipse and I cannot have the compiler to idle.
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> Basically I want to make AspectJ Ant task to behave pretty much like regular javac task.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Thank you,
> Peter