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## java.lang
Class Compiler

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--java.lang.Compiler

public final class Compiler
extends Object

The `Compiler` class is provided to support Java-to-native-code compilers and related services. By design, the `Compiler` class does nothing; it serves as a placeholder for a JIT compiler implementation.

When the Java Virtual Machine first starts, it determines if the system property `java.compiler` exists. (System properties are accessible through `getProperty` and , a method defined by the `System` class.) If so, it is assumed to be the name of a library (with a platform-dependent exact location and type); the `loadLibrary` method in class `System` is called to load that library. If this loading succeeds, the function named `java_lang_Compiler_start()` in that library is called.

If no compiler is available, these methods do nothing.

Since:
  JDK1.0
See Also:
  `System.getProperty(java.lang.String)`, `System.getProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)`, `System.loadLibrary(java.lang.String)`

Method Summary
`static Object` | `command(Object any)` Examines the argument type and its fields and perform some documented operation.
`static boolean` | `compileClass(Class clazz)` Compiles the specified class.
`static boolean` | `compileClasses(String string)` Compiles all classes whose name matches the specified string.
`static void` | `disable()` Cause the Compiler to cease operation.
`static void` | `enable()` Cause the Compiler to resume operation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Method Detail

### compileClass

    public static boolean compileClass(Class clazz)

  Compiles the specified class.
  Parameters:
    `clazz` - a class.
  Returns:
    `true` if the compilation succeeded; `false` if the compilation failed or no compiler is available.

### compileClasses

    public static boolean compileClasses(String string)

  Compiles all classes whose name matches the specified string.
  Parameters:
    `string` - the name of the classes to compile.
  Returns:
    `true` if the compilation succeeded; `false` if the compilation failed or no compiler is available.

### command

    public static Object command(Object any)

  Examines the argument type and its fields and perform some documented operation. No specific operations are required.
  Parameters:
    `any` - an argument.
  Returns:
    a compiler-specific value, or `null` if no compiler is available.

### enable

    public static void enable()

  Cause the Compiler to resume operation.

### disable

    public static void disable()

  Cause the Compiler to cease operation.

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