Re: Why IKVM.NET reports types as missing when java does not?

Hi Seref,

If you use a compiled library in Java then you need only the 
dependencies that are used at runtime. But ikvmc is a compiler like 
javac. This means you need also all optional dependency like if you use 
the source code of the library instead the jar file.

But this must not be a critical problem. Ikvmc compile an error code in 
the output if a class can not resolved. If this code is optional and 
will never used then it is like with Java. You will not see any error at 
runtime.

Volker

Am 14.04.2015 um 18:25 schrieb Seref Arikan:
> Greetings,
> I'm not sure if the subject is clear enough. When I use ikvmc.exe on a 
> set of jars, I get a bunch class not found exceptions. As Jeroen 
> points out in this stackoverflow answer, this is not always a problem: 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5256658/warning-in-converting-jar-file-into-dll-using-ikvm 
>
>
> What I'm curious about is: when a jar file I'm using is added to a 
> java project, the java development environments I'm using give me no 
> errors about missing types. When the same jar is fed to ikvmc.exe, I 
> get the class not found errors. If my own java code is referring to a 
> type that is not there, the java compiler(IDEs) catch it.
>
> So how does ikvmc.exe traverse type dependencies? It is clearly 
> different than the java compiler, since ikvmc.exe complains about 
> missing types which are not reported as missing by the java compiler.
>
> The reason I'm asking this is, I know for a fact that the jars I'm 
> using can be used standalone in a java project, but ikvmc reports 
> missing types. So can I assume that despite these warnings, .NET dlls 
> generated from the jars would always work? (since they're guaranteed 
> to work standalone under java?)
>
> Regards
> Seref
>
> ps: IKVM is  one of my favourite tools; I do hope it gets support from 
> the recent open source .NET activities of Microsoft.
>
>
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