Standard installation of JavaOC/JavaOCW:

1. Download the latest version from www.aplu.ch/javaoc.
   
   
2. Unpack in any folder. You get the files javaoc.exe, javaocw.exe, readme.txt.
   
   
3. Copy javaoc.exe and javaocw.exe in a directory which is part of the path, typically c:\windows\system32.
   
   
4. Determine the current version of the Java Runtime Environment by typing java -version from a command shell.
   
   
5. Look for the home directory of this JRE, typically
   c:\Program Files\Java\jreNNN, where NNN is the version.
   
   
6. Create a system environment variable jrehome, which points to this directory (info). Check from a newly opened command shell by typing set jrehome. Typically you get
   jrehome=c:\Program Files\Java\jreNNN.
   
   
7. Try your first program without a main-method. You may proceed as follows: Create the source file MyFirst.java with some editor, e.g. notepad. A suggestion is:
   
   

   // MyFirst.java class MyFirst {   MyFirst()   {     int items = 1234;     double price = 2.55;     double toPay = items * price;     System.out.print(toPay);   } }

   
   Compile with javac MyFirst.java and run with javaoc MyFirst resp. javaocw MyFirst.
   
   
8. Inform you about the command line parameters by typing javaoc -h or javaoc -help. You get typically:
   
   

   JavaOC: Java Object Creator (Version nn - Date) Author: Aegidius Pluess, www.aplu.ch Usage: javaoc [-options] className [args...] Launch a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and create an instance of given className using constructor with given arguments. Options are: -cp <class search path of directories> (replaces value of environment variable "classpath" the current path . is always included) -jrehome <home directory of installed JRE> (replaces value of environment variable "jrehome") -verbose enable verbose output -usemain: if main() is present, invoke it [with args] (instead of object creation) -h[elp]: show this text Illegal options are ignored.

   
   
9. Try the verbose-option by typing javaoc -verbose MyFirst resp. javaocw -verbose MyFirst. You get typically
   
   

   Enumerating public methods of class MyFirst: hashCode getClass wait wait wait equals notify notifyAll toString Number of public methods: 9 Enumerating constructors of class MyFirst: MyFirst() Number of constructors: 1

   
   
   
10. The usemain-option gives you a (restricted) backward compatibility with java resp. javaw. Try it with a program which contains a main-method.
    
    
11. In order to include JavaOC in your favorite IDE, follow the instructions how to set the options to run a program. Normally you may choose in the configuration options which program is used. Change java to javaoc resp. javaw to javaocw.
    
    JavaOC/JavaOCW uses the environment variable CLASSPATH but accepts also the option -cp or -classpath, which supersedes the value of the environment variable.
    
    The following example for JCreator gives you an idea how to proceed.
    
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