[mary-users] Mary code compilation

[Marc Schröder]

Hi Jörg,

make sure you have a recent (>= 1.4) Java SDK installed (try "javac 
-version" on the command line). If you don't have it, get it from 
http://java.sun.com. You also need the tool "ant", which you can get 
from http://ant.apache.org.

Assuming both is installed correctly, you can simply go to the MARY 
install directory, and type:

	ant

This should read the file build.xml in the current directory (as a C++ 
developer, think of it as a Makefile), and execute the default target, 
which in this case is "jars". The system will compile all the .java 
source files into .class files and package them into mary*.jar files in 
the java/ subdirectory. If no errors occur, you should be able to 
restart the server and your modified code should be taken into account. 
If in doubt, add some

	System.out.println("Hello world");
or

	logger.info("Hello world");

statements into your code.

If you do more than just a few minor edits, I highly recommend using an 
integrated development environment like the open source Java IDEs 
Eclipse or NetBeans. Eclipse project specification files are included 
with the source package.

Cheers,

Marc

Jörg Bröggelwirth schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks to Marc for the tip regarding the code changes for placing a ToBI 
> accent on any syllable.
> 
> This question is a general one. Unfortunately, I'm just a C++ programmer 
> and have no experience with java. Nevertheless, I've made some changes 
> in the Mary source code (TobiContourGenerator.java). My simple question 
> now is, how I can compile and test my changes. How can I integrate my 
> code version into my installed Mary system?
> 
> Kind regards,
>     Joerg Broeggelwirth
> 

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