polyglot.main

Class Version

java.lang.Object

polyglot.main.Version

Direct Known Subclasses:

JLVersion

public abstract class Version
extends java.lang.Object

This class encapsulates the version of the compiler.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Version()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract int	major() Marks major changes in the output format of the files produced by the compiler.
abstract int	minor() Indicates a change in the compiler that does not affect the output format.
abstract java.lang.String	name() The name of the language.
abstract int	patch_level() Denote minor changes and bugfixes to the compiler.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Version

public Version()

Method Detail

name

public abstract java.lang.String name()

The name of the language. Files produced by different languages are not compatible.

major

public abstract int major()

Marks major changes in the output format of the files produced by the compiler. Files produced be different major versions are considered incompatible and will not be used as source of class information.

minor

public abstract int minor()

Indicates a change in the compiler that does not affect the output format. Source files will be prefered over class files build by compilers with different minor versions, but if no source file is available, then the class file will be used.

patch_level

public abstract int patch_level()

Denote minor changes and bugfixes to the compiler. Class files compiled with versions of the compiler that only differ in patchlevel (from the current instantiation) will always be preferred over source files (unless the source files have newer modification dates).

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object