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RE: [aspectj-users] Symbolic links for multiple module development

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I think the symbolic links in Eclipse are IDE specific and not related to symlinks as in *nix.
 
Incremental compilation in ajc is a wonderfully weird thing.  Ajc will essentially "hold" all of your compiled classes in memory and only weave those classes that need weaving upon update as opposed to reweaving the entire class hierarchy every time you compile.  IMO it's kind of like real-time dependency checking.  The downside of this is that it's memory intensive.  I'd recommend -Xmx512m for any substantial project.  The Eclipse structure view using incremental compilation is off when doing this too.  To get a 'real' view of the weaving you have to rebuild the whole project, which could take some time.
 
My $0.02(U.S.): Try ajc from the command line in both modes to get a feel for the difference in weaving time before you dive into the Eclipse integration.
 
hth,
Keith Sader
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From: aspectj-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:aspectj-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gurkan, Ozzie (MAN-Corporate)
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:10 PM
To: 'aspectj-users@xxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [aspectj-users] Symbolic links for multiple module development

The FAQ (Question #9.7: http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/indextech.cgi/~checkout~/aspectj-home/doc/faq.html#q:incrementalModuleCompiles) mentions that you can do symbolic links in Eclipse and do incremental compilation from there. Well, how do you create symbolic links in Windows? Also, what does it mean by incremental compilation? Can anyone answer these questions?
 
Thanks,
Ozzie Gurkan

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