Compiling as application 1

[Aarem]

Hi. I'm new to Java, and I'm not exactly sure how to do this: how can I compile a .java file into an application file(.exe).

 

[chiph]

Java is designed to be operating system agnostic, and exe's are specific to the Microsoft platform, so while there may be some 3rd party tool to do this, you generally wouldn't.

Usually your .java files get compiled into .class files, which get run by java.exe (which *is* platform-specific). Read more at:

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-1996/jw-07-classfile.html

Chip H.


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[Aarem]

Are there other ways to compile a class file into a standalone application then?

 

[sedj]

Just google for "java exe" - there are loads of tools that will compile byte code int exe's. But remember that this is NOT the common way to do things. These day's JIT runtime compilers are very good. If you are new to Java, as you say, you should certainly learn things the traditional way first.

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