Runtime Initialisation
Build Process and Runtime Initialisation
Build Process and Runtime Initialisation
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Build Process

Although javac can resolve class files dependencies, this does not (and cannot) apply when classes are only discovered at runtime¹. Also, no provision is made for other types of files, mainly C source files and Javadoc documentation files (see Section 5.4). The standard make utility, together with a hierarchy of makefiles, was therefore preferred. A shell script (build.ksh) allows according to the options provided, to either build the software for testing or to release. In the latter case, the Javadoc documentation is also generated. An option also allows to run the unit tests in batch mode.