[rules-users] Janino vs. Eclipse

[Mark Proctor]

Dirk,

If you aren't sure, just stick with the Eclipse JDT one. If you have 
problems with that switch to Janino. Both are embedded jars. Janino is 
jdk1.4 only, Eclipse does jdk1.5.

Mark
Dirk Bergstrom wrote:
> I do not understand the difference between the Janino and Eclipse options for
> rules compilation.  The documentation only says that there are two options, and
> the javadocs don't really go any further.  Can someone provide more detail?
>
> My questions include:
>
> *) Why would I prefer one over the other?
>
> *) What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
>
> *) In what situations is it necessary to use Janino?  Which ones require Eclipse?
>
> *) Can I use the Eclipse compiler if I'm building rules outside of Eclipse (eg.
> dynamically generated rules in a web application)?
>
> *) I've read that the Eclipse compiler provides some sort of Java 1.5
> compatibility/autoboxing/mumble-mumble.  What's that about?
>
> I'll try to put the answers together into something that can be added to the
> manual (as soon as the manual is again buildable, see
> http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-672).
>
> Thanks.
>
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