Re: [Boost-build] execute javac/javah before building c++-lib

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] execute javac/javah before building c++-lib
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-10 02:25:44

On Friday 10 July 2009 Andrej van der Zee wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I need to execute 2 commands to generate stub-files before my target library is build. How can I specify this in a Jamfile? This is what I have:
> 
> lib mva
>   : [ glob *.cpp ] 
>   ;
> 
> But before building libmva.so, it should execute "javac *.java" and "javah mva_jni". How can I enforce this? 

Use <dependency> feature to set dependency from mva to whatever other target that generates whatever you want.
However, note that glob works at parsing time -- it will not see any header or source files javah might generate.
I don't know if that's problem or not.

- Volodya