Can I compile ANTLR to a binary executable (with GCJ?)?

1. get & install gcj and libgcj. Both can be found at:

            http://sourceware.cygnus.com/java/download.html
   

   gcj is part of the GNU compiler (gcc 2.95.1) and libgcj is a separate library containing the Java runtime system.

2. delete AWT dependend code (antlr/debug/misc directory)
3. goto antlr root directory
4. make the libantlr.so library

   Note that you should compile class files, ICE's may occur when compiling the .java source files (I suppose because of Java 1.1 language features)

   First make a shared library containing antlr classes:

     
          gcj -shared -fPIC -o libantlr.so  
              --CLASSPATH=".:/usr/local/share/libgcj.zip" 
              `find antlr -name "*.class"`
   

   This generates a lot of output which can be ignored and hopefully a libantlr.so which can be copied into the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, eg to /usr/local/lib.

   On my Linux host the result is a 2MB shared library which can be stripped ('strip libantlr.so') down to 1.1MB. It may be further reduced by selective compilation of only necessary classes ...

5. make the cantlr binary

    
          gcj --main=antlr.Tool antlr/Tool.class 
              --CLASSPATH=".:/usr/local/share/libgcj.zip" 
              -o cantlr 
              -L/usr/local/lib -lantlr
   

   This should result in a small binary (56K on my host) which just loads the libantlr.so. You can copy the binary to /usr/local/bin.

6. go to examples/java and test cantlr

    
        cd examples/java
        ../../cantlr java.g
   

   it should take less than 1s on a P3 host

How to compile antlr generated source with gcj

1. make libantlr.so as described above
2. generate your Java stuff as usual, then compile using gcj and libantlr, eg:

    
          cantlr Grammar.g
          gcj -c -o Lexer.o  Lexer.java
          gcj -c -o Parser.o Parser.java
          gcj -c -o Tokens.o Tokens.java
          gcj -c -o Main.o   Main.java
          gcj --main=Main -o Main Main.o Lexer.o Parser.o Tokens.o -lantlr