ikvmc - compile java classes and jars into CIL assemblies

ikvmc [ -options ] class | jar ...

IKVM is an implentation of the Java for the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) runtime. It includes a byte code JIT compiler/verifier to translate Java byte code to CIL and GNU Classpath to provide the Java class libraries. ikvmc allows statically compiling of Java bytecodes in Java classes and jars into CIL assemblies. The ikvm(1) program provides dynamic compilation to CIL and execution.

The Java class or jar parameters may be file globs such as *.class and used to process multiple sources in one step. Duplicates specified in processing will be ignored, with a warning given.

-Dname=value

Set system property name to value at runtime.

-apartment:mta

Apply MTAThreadAttribute to the main class.

-apartment:none

Don't apply STAThreadAttribute to the main class.

-apartment:sta

(default) Apply STAThreadAttribute to the main class.

-assembly:assembly-name

Specify the generated assembly name to assembly-name If this option is omitted, the assembly name is usually the output filename.

-da[:packagename ... | :classname]

Set the system property to disable assertions.

-debug

Generate debugging info in the output file. Only useful if the source class files contained debug information, such as compiled with the javac -g option.

-disableassertions[:packagename ... | :classname]

Set the system property to disable assertions.

-ea[:packagename ... | :classname]

Set the system property to enable assertions.

-enableassertions[:packagename ... | :classname]

Set the system property to enable assertions.

-exclude:filename

Use the list of classes in filename to exclude from compiling.

-key:keycontainer

Use the key in the container keycontainer to sign the assembly.

-keyfile:keyfilename

Use the key in file keyfilename to sign the assembly.

-main:mainclass

Specify the main method class mainclass contains the main method. If omitted and the target is an executable, a search is done for a qualifying main method and ikvmc reports if it is found.

-noglobbing

Do not glob the class or jar arguments.

-nojni

Do not generate a JNI stub for native methods.

-nostacktraceinfo

Do not create metadata to emit rich stack traces.

-opt:fields

Remove unused private fields.

-out:outputfile

Set the output filename to outputfile. The extension used here must match the -target used. For a library, it must end in .dll and for an exe or winexe, it must end in .exe. If this option is omitted, an output name will be chosen based on the target type and the name of the input files. If the input files were given with globs, this option must be used.

-recurse:filespec

Process all files and directories matching filespec which can use globbing.

-r:library-filespec

-reference:library-filespec

Reference an assembly library-filespec used from Java. This option can be used multiple times and globbing is allowed.

-resource:name=path

Include a Java resource named name in file path.

-srcpath:path

Set the location of source code for debugging to path. The name of a package is appended to the path to find the file.

-target:exe

-target:library

-target:winexe

-target:module

Set the generated target type to either a console executable (exe) generating a result.exe, library (library) generating a result.dll, windows executable for GUI applications (winexe) generating a result.exe or module for use by the linker (module) generating a result.netmodule. winexe is only used on Windows.

-Xmethodtrace:method-name

Build tracing into the specified output method method-name.

-Xtrace:name

Displays all tracepoints with the given name name.

-version:M.m.b.r

Set the assembly version to M.m.b.r

ikvm(1), ikvmstub(1).

IKVM Project web site http://ikvm.net/

Man page by Dave Beckett, made available under the same terms as IKVM.