This is a class that compiles entirely in memory.
I've taken (almost) the entirety of this from http://javapracs.blogspot.de/2011/06/dynamic-in-memory-compilation-using.html by Rekha Kumari (June 2011). Though this version is more than 100 lines shorter and has considerably more features (but no docs:P).
It can compile multiple classes at once, which is the only way to compile classes that depend on each other. If you wonder about the class "CompilerFeedback": I was working on a tiny Java IDE for coding-games where I needed that. I'm including it here because I assume that you want to do something with this compiler, and the predigestion might help with that. (I realize that some of the code in the CompilerFeedback class is complete crap. It was recycled from a years old attempt.
There's also a utility method, not needed for compilation, that derives the full class name from a class' source code (incl. package name, if it's provided). Very useful for calling the compiler, which does need this information.
DEMO CLASS:
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class Demo {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
final InMemoryCompiler.IMCSourceCode cls1source;
final InMemoryCompiler.IMCSourceCode cls2source;
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append("package toast;\n");
sb.append("public class DynaClass {\n");
sb.append(" public static void main(final String[] args) {");
sb.append(" System.out.println(\"Based massively on the work of Rekha Kumari, http://javapracs.blogspot.de/2011/06/dynamic-in-memory-compilation-using.html\");\n");
sb.append(" System.out.println(\"This is the main method speaking.\");\n");
sb.append(" System.out.println(\"Args: \" + java.util.Arrays.toString(args));\n");
sb.append(" final Test test = new Test();\n");
sb.append(" }\n");
sb.append(" public String toString() {\n");
sb.append(" return \"Hello, I am \" + ");
sb.append("this.getClass().getSimpleName();\n");
sb.append(" }\n");
sb.append("}\n");
cls1source = new InMemoryCompiler.IMCSourceCode("toast.DynaClass", sb.toString());
sb.setLength(0);
sb.append("package toast;\n");
sb.append("public class Test {\n");
sb.append(" public Test() {\n");
sb.append(" System.out.println(\"class Test constructor reporting in.\");\n");
sb.append(" System.out.println(new DynaClass());\n");
sb.append(" }\n");
sb.append("}\n");
cls2source = new InMemoryCompiler.IMCSourceCode("toast.Test", sb.toString());
final List<InMemoryCompiler.IMCSourceCode> classSources = new ArrayList<>();
classSources.add(cls1source);
classSources.add(cls2source);
final InMemoryCompiler uCompiler = new InMemoryCompiler(classSources);
final CompilerFeedback compilerFeedback = uCompiler.compile();
System.out.println("\n\nCOMPILER FEEDBACK: " + compilerFeedback);
if (compilerFeedback != null && compilerFeedback.success) {
try {
System.out.println("\nTOSTRING DEMO:");
uCompiler.runToString(cls1source.fullClassName);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try {
System.out.println("\nMAIN DEMO:");
uCompiler.runMain(cls1source.fullClassName, new String[] { "test1", "test2" });
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
System.exit(0);
}
}
COMPILER CLASS:
import javax.tools.*;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.net.URI;
import java.security.SecureClassLoader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* MASSIVELY based on http://javapracs.blogspot.de/2011/06/dynamic-in-memory-compilation-using.html by Rekha Kumari
* (June 2011)
*/
final public class InMemoryCompiler {
final public static class IMCSourceCode {
final public String fullClassName;
final public String sourceCode;
/**
* @param fullClassName Full name of the class that will be compiled. If the class should be in some package,
* fullName should contain it too, for example: "testpackage.DynaClass"
* @param sourceCode the source code
*/
public IMCSourceCode(final String fullClassName, final String sourceCode) {
this.fullClassName = fullClassName;
this.sourceCode = sourceCode;
}
}
final public boolean valid;
final private List<IMCSourceCode> classSourceCodes;
final private JavaFileManager fileManager;
public InMemoryCompiler(final List<IMCSourceCode> classSourceCodes) {
this.classSourceCodes = classSourceCodes;
final JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
if (compiler == null) {
fileManager = null;
valid = false;
System.err.println("ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler() returned null! This program needs to be run on a system with an installed JDK.");
return;
}
valid = true;
fileManager = new ForwardingJavaFileManager<JavaFileManager>(compiler.getStandardFileManager(null, null, null)) {
final private Map<String, ByteArrayOutputStream> byteStreams = new HashMap<>();
@Override
public ClassLoader getClassLoader(final Location location) {
return new SecureClassLoader() {
@Override
protected Class<?> findClass(final String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
final ByteArrayOutputStream bos = byteStreams.get(className);
if (bos == null) {
return null;
}
final byte[] b = bos.toByteArray();
return super.defineClass(className, b, 0, b.length);
}
};
}
@Override
public JavaFileObject getJavaFileForOutput(final Location location, final String className, final JavaFileObject.Kind kind, final FileObject sibling) throws IOException {
return new SimpleJavaFileObject(URI.create("string:///" + className.replace('.', '/') + kind.extension), kind) {
@Override
public OutputStream openOutputStream() throws IOException {
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = byteStreams.get(className);
if (bos == null) {
bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
byteStreams.put(className, bos);
}
return bos;
}
};
}
};
}
public CompilerFeedback compile() {
if (!valid) {
return null;
}
final List<JavaFileObject> files = new ArrayList<>();
for (IMCSourceCode classSourceCode : classSourceCodes) {
URI uri = null;
try {
uri = URI.create("string:///" + classSourceCode.fullClassName.replace('.', '/') + JavaFileObject.Kind.SOURCE.extension);
} catch (Exception e) {
// e.printStackTrace();
}
if (uri != null) {
final SimpleJavaFileObject sjfo = new SimpleJavaFileObject(uri, JavaFileObject.Kind.SOURCE) {
@Override
public CharSequence getCharContent(final boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) {
return classSourceCode.sourceCode;
}
};
files.add(sjfo);
}
}
final DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject> diagnostics = new DiagnosticCollector<>();
final JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
if (files.size() > 0) {
final JavaCompiler.CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask(null, fileManager, diagnostics, null, null, files);
return new CompilerFeedback(task.call(), diagnostics);
} else {
return null;
}
}
public void runToString(final String className) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, ClassNotFoundException {
if (!valid) {
return;
}
final Class<?> theClass = getCompiledClass(className);
final Object instance = theClass.newInstance();
System.out.println(instance);
}
public void runMain(final String className, final String[] args) throws IllegalAccessException, ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchMethodException, InvocationTargetException {
if (!valid) {
return;
}
final Class<?> theClass = getCompiledClass(className);
final Method mainMethod = theClass.getDeclaredMethod("main", String[].class);
mainMethod.invoke(null, new Object[] { args });
}
public Class<?> getCompiledClass(final String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
if (!valid) {
throw new IllegalStateException("InMemoryCompiler instance not usable because ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler() returned null: No JDK installed.");
}
final ClassLoader classLoader = fileManager.getClassLoader(null);
final Class<?> ret = classLoader.loadClass(className);
if (ret == null) {
throw new ClassNotFoundException("Class returned by ClassLoader was null!");
}
return ret;
}
}
COMPILERFEEDBACK CLASS:
import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
import javax.tools.DiagnosticCollector;
import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
import javax.tools.SimpleJavaFileObject;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
final public class CompilerFeedback {
final public boolean success;
final public List<CompilerMessage> messages = new ArrayList<>();
public CompilerFeedback(final Boolean success, final DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject> diagnostics) {
this.success = success != null && success;
for (Diagnostic<? extends JavaFileObject> diagnostic : diagnostics.getDiagnostics()) {
messages.add(new CompilerMessage(diagnostic));
}
}
public String toString() {
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append("SUCCESS: ").append(success).append('\n');
final int iTop = messages.size();
for (int i = 0; i < iTop; i++) {
sb.append("\n[MESSAGE ").append(i + 1).append(" OF ").append(iTop).append("]\n\n");
// sb.append(messages.get(i).toString()).append("\n");
// sb.append(messages.get(i).toStringForList()).append("\n");
sb.append(messages.get(i).toStringForDebugging()).append("\n");
}
return sb.toString();
}
final public static class CompilerMessage {
final public Diagnostic<? extends JavaFileObject> compilerInfo;
final public String typeOfProblem;
final public String typeOfProblem_forDebugging;
final public String multiLineMessage;
final public int lineNumber;
final public int columnNumber;
final public int textHighlightPos_lineStart;
final public int textHighlightPos_problemStart;
final public int textHighlightPos_problemEnd;
final public String sourceCode;
final public String codeOfConcern;
final public String codeOfConcernLong;
CompilerMessage(final Diagnostic<? extends JavaFileObject> diagnostic) {
final JavaFileObject sourceFileObject = diagnostic.getSource();
String sourceCodePreliminary = null;
if (sourceFileObject instanceof SimpleJavaFileObject) {
final SimpleJavaFileObject simpleSourceFileObject = (SimpleJavaFileObject) sourceFileObject;
try {
final CharSequence charSequence = simpleSourceFileObject.getCharContent(false);
sourceCodePreliminary = charSequence.toString();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (sourceCodePreliminary == null) {
sourceCode = "[SOURCE CODE UNAVAILABLE]";
} else {
sourceCode = sourceCodePreliminary;
}
compilerInfo = diagnostic;
typeOfProblem = diagnostic.getKind().name();
typeOfProblem_forDebugging = "toString() = " + diagnostic.getKind().toString() + "; name() = " + typeOfProblem;
lineNumber = (int) compilerInfo.getLineNumber();
columnNumber = (int) compilerInfo.getColumnNumber();
final int sourceLen = sourceCode.length();
textHighlightPos_lineStart = (int) Math.min(Math.max(0, diagnostic.getStartPosition()), sourceLen);
textHighlightPos_problemStart = (int) Math.min(Math.max(0, diagnostic.getPosition()), sourceLen);
textHighlightPos_problemEnd = (int) Math.min(Math.max(0, diagnostic.getEndPosition()), sourceLen);
final StringBuilder reformattedMessage = new StringBuilder();
final String message = diagnostic.getMessage(Locale.US);
final int messageCutOffPosition = message.indexOf("location:");
final String[] messageParts;
if (messageCutOffPosition >= 0) {
messageParts = message.substring(0, messageCutOffPosition).split("\n");
} else {
messageParts = message.split("\n");
}
for (String s : messageParts) {
String s2 = s.trim();
if (s2.length() > 0) {
boolean lengthChanged;
do {
final int lBeforeReplace = s2.length();
s2 = s2.replace(" ", " ");
lengthChanged = (s2.length() != lBeforeReplace);
} while (lengthChanged);
reformattedMessage.append(s2).append("\n");
}
}
codeOfConcern = sourceCode.substring(textHighlightPos_problemStart, textHighlightPos_problemEnd);
codeOfConcernLong = sourceCode.substring(textHighlightPos_lineStart, textHighlightPos_problemEnd);
if (!codeOfConcern.isEmpty()) {
reformattedMessage.append("Code of concern: \"").append(codeOfConcern).append('\"');
}
multiLineMessage = reformattedMessage.toString();
}
public String toStringForList() {
if (compilerInfo == null) {
return "No compiler!";
} else {
return compilerInfo.getCode();
}
}
public String toStringForDebugging() {
final StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder();
ret.append("Type of problem: ").append(typeOfProblem_forDebugging).append("\n\n");
ret.append("Message:\n").append(multiLineMessage).append("\n\n");
ret.append(compilerInfo.getCode()).append("\n\n");
ret.append("line number: ").append(lineNumber).append("\n");
ret.append("column number: ").append(columnNumber).append("\n");
ret.append("textHighlightPos_lineStart: ").append(textHighlightPos_lineStart).append("\n");
ret.append("textHighlightPos_problemStart: ").append(textHighlightPos_problemStart).append("\n");
ret.append("textHighlightPos_problemEnd: ").append(textHighlightPos_problemEnd).append("\n");
return ret.toString();
}
@Override
public String toString() {
// return compilerInfo.getMessage(Locale.US);
return typeOfProblem + ": " + multiLineMessage + "\n";
}
}
}
UTILITY METHOD (Not needed for the three classes further up.):
final public static String PREFIX_CLASSNAME = "class ";
final public static String PREFIX_PACKAGENAME = "package ";
final public static String CHARSET_JAVAKEYWORDENDERS = " \n[](){}<>;,\"\\/*+-=%!&?@:";
/**
* @return e.g. "com.dreamspacepresident.TestClass" if the source's first root level "class" (I'm talking about {}
* hierarchy.) is named "TestClass", and if the "package" name is "com.dreamspacepresident". Null is returned if
* sourceCode is null or does not provide a class name. (Mind that the parsing is done in a quite crappy way.)
*/
public static String deriveFullClassNameFromSource(final String sourceCode) {
if (sourceCode == null) {
return null;
}
final int firstBr = sourceCode.indexOf('{');
if (firstBr >= 0) {
// DETERMINE CLASS NAME
final int firstClass = sourceCode.indexOf(PREFIX_CLASSNAME);
if (firstClass < firstBr) {
String className = sourceCode.substring(firstClass + PREFIX_CLASSNAME.length(), firstBr).trim();
final int classNameEnd = indexOfAnyOfThese(className, CHARSET_JAVAKEYWORDENDERS);
if (classNameEnd >= 0) {
className = className.substring(0, classNameEnd);
}
if (!className.isEmpty()) {
// DETERMINE PACKAGE NAME
String packageName = null;
final int firstPackage = sourceCode.indexOf(PREFIX_PACKAGENAME);
if (firstPackage >= 0 && firstPackage < firstBr && firstPackage < firstClass) {
packageName = sourceCode.substring(firstPackage + PREFIX_PACKAGENAME.length(), firstBr).trim();
final int packageNameEnd = indexOfAnyOfThese(packageName, CHARSET_JAVAKEYWORDENDERS);
if (packageNameEnd >= 0) {
packageName = packageName.substring(0, packageNameEnd);
}
}
return (packageName != null && !packageName.isEmpty() ? packageName + "." : "") + className;
}
}
}
return null;
}
/**
* Looks for the first occurrence of ANY of the given characters, which is easier than using a bunch of
* String.indexOf() calls.
*
* @return -1 if not found, otherwise the String index of the first hit
*/
public static int indexOfAnyOfThese(final String text, final String characters) {
if (text != null && !text.isEmpty() && characters != null && !characters.isEmpty()) {
final int lenT = text.length();
final int lenC = characters.length();
for (int i = 0; i < lenT; i++) {
final char c = text.charAt(i);
for (int ii = 0; ii < lenC; ii++) {
if (c == characters.charAt(ii)) {
return i;
}
}
}
}
return -1;
}