Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of FrequentlyAskedQuestions

Timestamp:

02/21/06 16:31:44 (18 years ago)

Author:

schroed

Comment:

added "How to compile" section

FrequentlyAskedQuestions

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 On the bright side, as data representation is based on Unicode, there 
 should be no problem with non-European scripts.
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+
+'''Unfortunately, I'm just a C++ programmer and have no experience with Java. I have made some changes in the Mary source code -- how I can compile and test my changes?'''
+
+
+make sure you have a recent (>= 1.4) Java SDK installed (try "javac 
+-version" on the command line). If you don't have it, get it from 
+http://java.sun.com. You also need the tool "ant", which you can get 
+from http://ant.apache.org.
+
+Assuming both is installed correctly, you can simply go to the MARY 
+install directory, and type:
+
+{{{
+        ant
+}}}
+
+This should read the file build.xml in the current directory (as a C++ 
+developer, think of it as a Makefile), and execute the default target, 
+which in this case is "jars". The system will compile all the .java 
+source files into .class files and package them into mary*.jar files in 
+the java/ subdirectory. If no errors occur, you should be able to 
+restart the server and your modified code should be taken into account. 
+If in doubt, add some
+
+{{{
+        System.out.println("Hello world");
+}}}
+
+or
+
+{{{
+        logger.info("Hello world");
+}}}
+
+statements into your code.
+
+If you do more than just a few minor edits, I highly recommend using an 
+integrated development environment like the open source Java IDEs 
+Eclipse or !NetBeans. Eclipse project specification files are included 
+with the OpenMary source package.