Java APIs

Hi,

The extension .java is the one by default recognized by Sun's Compiler and many others. But is it possible to force compiling files using another extension ?

With Sun's JDK 1.4.2_07, if we try

> javac TestJav.jav

We got :

javac: invalid flag: TestJav.jav
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
where possible options include:
  -g                        Generate all debugging info
  ....

Same result if calling tools.jar/com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile from a java source

Idem with the eclipse internal compiler :
# from a command line

>java -jar org.eclipse.jdt.core_3.2.0.v_671.jar TestJava.java

=> ok, .class created, but with :

>java -jar org.eclipse.jdt.core_3.2.0.v_671.jar TestJav.jav
directory does not exist: TestJav.jav

# programmatically from a Java file :

org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main.main(
   new String[] {"TestJav.jav"});
// or :
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main.compile("TestJav.jav");

=> exception apparently during Main.configure("TestJav.jav") :

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.InvalidInputException: directory 
does not exist: TestJav.jav

Is there a way to solve this ? Using javax.tools.JavaCompiler from JSDK1.6, but using a previous compiler like JDK1.4.2 ?

Thanks for any help !


Yann