Invoking kawa (or java kawa.repl) with
the -C flag will compile
a .scm source file into one or more .class files:
kawa --main -C myprog.scm
You run it as follows:
kawa [-d outdirectory] [-P prefix] [-T topname] [--main | --applet | --servlet] -C infile ...
Note the -C must come last, because Kawa processes the
arguments and options in order,
Here:
-C infile ...
-d outdirectory
.class files will be.
The default is the current directory.
-P prefix
-T topname
--main
main method so that the resulting "top" class can
be used as a stand-alone application. See Application compilation.
--applet
java.applet.Applet,
and can be used as an applet. See Applet compilation.
--servlet
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet,
and can be used as an servlet in a servlet container like Tomcat.
When you actually want to load the classes, the outdirectory
must be in your CLASSPATH.
You can use the standard load function to load the code,
by specifying the top-level class, either as a file name
(relative to outdirectory) or a class name.
E.g. if you did:
kawa -d /usr/local/share/java -P my.lib. -T foo -C foosrc.scm
you can use either:
(load "my.lib.foo")
or:
(load "my/lib/foo.class")
If you are compiling a Scheme source file (say foosrc.scm)
that uses macros defined in some other file (say macs.scm),
you need to make sure the definitions are visible to the compiler.
One way to do that is with the -f:
kawa -f macs.scm -C foosrc.scm