NAME

       ikvmc - compile java classes and jars into CIL assemblies

SYNOPOSIS

       ikvmc [ -options ] class | jar ...

DESCRIPTION

       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.

OPTIONS

       -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.

SEE ALSO

       ikvm(1), ikvmstub(1).

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

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

                                            2005-06-19                                    ikvm(1)