NAME

       rhino-jsc - invokes the rhino JavaScript compiler

SYNOPSIS

       rhino-jsc [options] file1.js [file2.js...]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents briefly the rhino-jsc command.  This manual page was written for the Debian
       distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. It is  written  according  to  the
       html documentation.

       rhino-jsc  is  a  start  script  for  the  rhino  JavaScript compiler. The JavaScript compiler translates
       JavaScript source into Java class files. The resulting Java class files can then be loaded  and  executed
       at  another time, providing a convenient method for transferring JavaScript, and for avoiding translation
       cost.  Note that the top-level functions available to the shell (such as  print)  are  not  available  to
       compiled scripts when they are run outside the shell.

OPTIONS

       -extends java_class_name
              Specifies  that a java class extending the Java class java_class_name should be generated from the
              incoming JavaScript source file. Each global function in the source file is made a method  of  the
              generated class, overriding any methods in the base class by the same name.

       -implements java_intf_name
              Specifies  that  a  java  class implementing the Java interface java_intf_name should be generated
              from the incoming JavaScript source file. Each global function in the source file is made a method
              of the generated class, implementing any methods in the interface by the same name.

       -debug, -g
              Specifies that debug information should be generated. May not be combined with optimization at  an
              optLevel greater than zero.

       -nosource
              Does  not  save  the  source  in the class file. Functions and scripts compiled this way cannot be
              decompiled. This option can be used to avoid distributing source or simply to save  space  in  the
              resulting class file.

       -o outputFile
              Writes  the  class file to the given file (which should end in .class). The string outputFile must
              be a writable filename.

       -opt, -O optLevel
              Optimizes at level optLevel, which must be an integer between 0 and 9.

       -package packageName
              Specifies the package to generate the class into. The string packageName must be composed of valid
              identifier characters optionally separated by periods.

       -version versionNumber
              Specifies the language version to compile with. The string versionNumber must be one of 100,  110,
              120, 130, or 140. See JavaScript Language Versions for more information on language versions.

EXAMPLE

       Example  compiling  the  NervousText.js  applet  written  in  JavaScript.  The example is provided in the
       librhino-java-doc package.

       $ rhino-jsc -extends java.applet.Applet -implements java.lang.Runnable NervousText.js

SEE ALSO

       The online documentation under http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/jsc.html

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Wolfgang Baer <WBaer@gmx.de>, for the Debian project (but may be used  by
       others).

                                               February  12, 2005                                   RHINO-JSC(1)