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)