CompileSourceInMemory.java Source code

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.Arrays;

import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
import javax.tools.DiagnosticCollector;
import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
import javax.tools.SimpleJavaFileObject;
import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
import javax.tools.JavaCompiler.CompilationTask;
import javax.tools.JavaFileObject.Kind;

public class CompileSourceInMemory {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
        JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
        DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject> diagnostics = new DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject>();

        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(writer);
        out.println("public class HelloWorld {");
        out.println("  public static void main(String args[]) {");
        out.println("    System.out.println(\"This is in another java file\");");
        out.println("  }");
        out.println("}");
        out.close();
        JavaFileObject file = new JavaSourceFromString("HelloWorld", writer.toString());

        Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> compilationUnits = Arrays.asList(file);
        CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask(null, null, diagnostics, null, null, compilationUnits);

        boolean success = task.call();
        for (Diagnostic diagnostic : diagnostics.getDiagnostics()) {
            System.out.println(diagnostic.getCode());
            System.out.println(diagnostic.getKind());
            System.out.println(diagnostic.getPosition());
            System.out.println(diagnostic.getStartPosition());
            System.out.println(diagnostic.getEndPosition());
            System.out.println(diagnostic.getSource());
            System.out.println(diagnostic.getMessage(null));

        }
        System.out.println("Success: " + success);

        if (success) {
            try {
                Class.forName("HelloWorld").getDeclaredMethod("main", new Class[] { String[].class }).invoke(null,
                        new Object[] { null });
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                System.err.println("Class not found: " + e);
            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
                System.err.println("No such method: " + e);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                System.err.println("Illegal access: " + e);
            } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
                System.err.println("Invocation target: " + e);
            }
        }
    }
}

class JavaSourceFromString extends SimpleJavaFileObject {
    final String code;

    JavaSourceFromString(String name, String code) {
        super(URI.create("string:///" + name.replace('.', '/') + Kind.SOURCE.extension), Kind.SOURCE);
        this.code = code;
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence getCharContent(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) {
        return code;
    }
}