Does javax.tools depend on the JDK?

Question

I want to use JavaCompiler to dynamically create some classes.

I found the source code of the javax.tools package, but there is no impleme

Answer 1

JRE's need to include the interfaces, and classes in that package, but do not need to provide implementations.

Sun's JRE doesn't, and returns null from calling ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler().

This other question addresses java 5.

Here's a blog post by Morten Nobel-Jørgensen on how to use eclipse's compiler as an implementation of javax.tools.JavaCompiler.

JavaCompiler javac = new EclipseCompiler();