Using jikes for compiling is not only much faster than javac, it also
gives much better error and warning messages. So how can you set the
required build property without modifying each and every ant build script?
Easy:
- UNIX
Create /etc/ant.conf with a single line:
ANT_OPTS=-Dbuild.compiler=jikes
- Windows
Open the System Control Panel 'System', create a new environment variable:
name: ANT_OPTS
value: -Dbuild.compiler=jikes
In both cases jikes has to be on the executable path, and you're done.
I realize this might be obvious to people who know ant inside out, but I'm
just getting comfy with it and thought I'd share this, since at least one
other person with ant experience in my office found this helpful as well.
I guess it's often overlooked.
-h
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