Re: [Jastadd] _at_Override annotations in Java 6

From: Jesper Öqvist <jesper.oqvist_at_cs.lth.se>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:05:50 +0100

Oops, I misread the build.xml file. The ConstantExpression.jrag and
Variable.jadd files from
Java7Frontend must be included the JastAdd invocation *before* anything
else.

They are not redundant, they are just excluded at the in order to avoid
multiple inclusions.

/Jesper

On 01/10/2013 09:55 AM, Jesper Öqvist wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> The following JastAdd files should be excluded from Java1.4Frontend:
>
> * Literals.ast
> * CatchClause.ast
> * Variable.jadd
> * BytecodeAttributes.jrag
> * BytecodeDescriptor.jrag
> * BytecodeReader.jrag
> * ConstantExpression.jrag
>
> The following should be excluded from Java7Frontend when compiling
> Java7Backend:
> * ConstantExpression.jrag
>
> I got this list from looking at the build.xml file of Java7Backend. I
> do not know why the
> ConstantExpression.jrag file is needed in Java7Frontend, I think it is
> obsolete actually.
> It appears that it is also excluded from the Java7Frontend build.xml.
>
> Take a look at the build.xml file to see the order in which flex files
> are concatenated,
> because it is important. The macros.flex of Java7Frontend needs to be
> concatenated
> after preamble.flex and the Java 1.4 version should be excluded. Also
> note the order
> of Literals.flex.
>
> /Jesper
>
> On 01/10/2013 09:17 AM, Eric Bodden wrote:
>> Hmmm, I have just tried integrating the Java7Frontend into Soot but I
>> am having trouble because some of the .ast and .jrag files seem to
>> clash with those of the Java1.4Frontend and Java1.5Frontend. (I get
>> duplicate declarations of AST nodes and attributes.) Is this a known
>> issue? Is there a known list of files I should exclude from the build?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Eric
>>
>> On 10 January 2013 08:57, Jesper Öqvist <jesper.oqvist_at_cs.lth.se> wrote:
>>> Yes, the Java 7 implementation is stable. Unfortunately we do not
>>> have as
>>> many tests for the Java 7 implementation as we do for Java 5.
>>>
>>> If you want to use the new Override semantics with the Java5
>>> frontend you
>>> can copy the file Java7Frontend/Override.jrag into Java1.5Frontend.
>>>
>>> /Jesper
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/10/2013 08:46 AM, Eric Bodden wrote:
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>>> The Java 7 frontend implements the new Override semantics. For
>>>>> historical
>>>>> reasons it is not implemented in the Java 5/6 frontend.
>>>> Thanks for the quick response. Is this frontend considered stable? I
>>>> am asking because I would consider switching Soot/abc to it then.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>
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