started working on dynamic generation and compilation

compiler/Java_CodeGen.jrag

@@ -195,6 +195,36 @@ aspect Java_Void {
 
 aspect Java_CodeGen {
 
+  public void Program.J_gen(PrintStream ps, String pack) throws IOException {
+    Java_env env;
+/*
+    // Registration class
+    env = new Java_env(ps);
+    if (pack != null && pack.length() > 0) {
+      env.println("package " + pack + ";");
+    }
+    env.println("public class LabCommRegister {");
+    env.println();
+    env.indent();
+    Java_emitTypeRegister(env);
+    env.unindent();
+    env.println();
+    env.println("}");
+//    env.close();
+*/
+    env = new Java_env(ps);
+    for (int i = 0; i < getNumDecl(); i++) {
+      Decl d = getDecl(i);
+      try {
+        d.Java_emitClass(env, pack);
+      } catch (Error e) {
+	System.err.println(d.getName());
+	throw e;
+      }
+    }
+    env.close();
+  }
+
   public void Program.J_gen(String dir, String pack) throws IOException {
     Java_env env;
 /*
@@ -225,6 +255,29 @@ aspect Java_CodeGen {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Experimental method for generating code to a map <classname, source> 
+    */
+  public void Program.J_gen(Map<String,String> src, String pack) throws IOException {
+    Java_env env;
+/*
+    // Registration class was commented out, so got removed in this copy
+*/
+    for (int i = 0; i < getNumDecl(); i++) {
+      Decl d = getDecl(i);
+      try {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream bs = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        PrintStream out = new PrintStream(bs);
+        env = new Java_env(out);
+        d.Java_emitClass(env, pack);
+        env.close();
+        src.put(d.getName(), bs.toString());
+      } catch (Error e) {
+	System.err.println(d.getName());
+	throw e;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 }
 
 aspect Java_Register {

examples/dynamic/DynamicPart.java

+public class DynamicPart {
+
+};

examples/dynamic/InRAMCompiler.java

+
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+public interface InRAMCompiler {
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete a class from the RAM storage, and destroy its ClassLoader, to
+	 * allow it to be unloaded (and later replaced).
+	 * @param className - the class to be unloaded. pkgName (as given to the constructor) is added to the name.
+	 */
+	public void deleteClass(String className);
+
+	public void compile(String name, String srcStr)
+			throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException,
+			SecurityException, IllegalAccessException,
+			InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException;
+
+	/**
+	 *  Load className.class out of cache
+	 * @param className
+	 * @return the class object
+	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
+	 */
+	public Class<?> load(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException;
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file

examples/dynamic/InRAMCompilerJavax.java

+
+
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
+import javax.tools.DiagnosticCollector;
+import javax.tools.FileObject;
+import javax.tools.ForwardingJavaFileManager;
+import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
+import javax.tools.JavaCompiler.CompilationTask;
+import javax.tools.JavaFileManager;
+import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
+import javax.tools.JavaFileObject.Kind;
+import javax.tools.SimpleJavaFileObject;
+import javax.tools.StandardJavaFileManager;
+import javax.tools.StandardLocation;
+import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
+
+/**
+ * On-the-fly, incremental, all-in-RAM compilation (no disk files used).
+ * Based on an example by Piotr Kobzda at
+ * http://groups.google.com/group/pl.co...7010d1cce043d0
+ *
+ * Each class is compiled in its own compilation unit, and newer
+ * classes can call or reference older classes.
+ *
+ * Written and debugged against Java 1.6.0 Beta 2 build 86, in Eclipse
+ * 3.2 Jim Goodwin July 25 2006
+ * 
+ * Adapted to jdk 1.6.0_11 and adapted with more class loader delegation for
+ * working with custom class loaders (e.g., OSGi) by Sven Robertz
+ */
+
+public class InRAMCompilerJavax implements InRAMCompiler {
+
+	// Source for both test classes. They go in package
+	// "just.generated"
+
+	private ClassLoader loader;
+
+	private DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject> diagnostics;
+
+	private JavaCompiler compiler;
+
+	private RAMFileManager jfm;
+
+	private Map<String, JavaFileObject> output;
+
+	private ClassLoader providedClassLoader;
+
+	private String pkgName; //package for the generated classes
+
+//	private String getClassPath()
+//	{
+//		ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+//		URL[] urls = ((URLClassLoader) classLoader).getURLs();
+//		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(1000);
+//		buf.append(".");
+//		String separator = System.getProperty("path.separator");
+//		for (URL url : urls) {
+//			buf.append(separator).append(url.getFile());
+//		}
+//		return buf.toString();
+//	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+		InRAMCompiler irc = new InRAMCompilerJavax("just.generated", null);
+		final String SRC_HelloIf = "package just.generated;\n"
+		+ "public class HelloIf {\n"
+		+ " public static class Foo {\n"
+		+ "   public interface Bar {\n"
+		+ "    public String foo();\n"
+		+ "   }\n"
+		+ " }\n"
+		+ "}\n";
+		
+		final String SRC_Hello1 = "package just.generated;\n"
+			+ "public class Hello1 {\n"
+			+ " public static void main(String... args) {\n"
+			+ " System.out.println(new Hello2()); \n" + "}}\n";
+
+		final String SRC_Hello2 = "package just.generated;\n"
+		+ "public class Hello2 implements HelloIf.Foo.Bar{\n"
+		+ " public String foo() { return \"foo\";}\n"
+		+ " public String toString() {\n"
+		+ " return \"hello!\"+foo();\n}}\n";
+
+		irc.compile("HelloIf", SRC_HelloIf);
+		irc.compile("Hello2", SRC_Hello2);
+		irc.compile("Hello1", SRC_Hello1);
+		Class<?> c = irc.load("Hello1");
+		// Run the 'main' method of the Hello class.
+		c.getMethod("main", String[].class).invoke(null,
+				new Object[] { new String[0] });
+	}
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param pkgName - The package for the generated classes. The source code must only contain classes in this package.
+	 * @param cl - An optional (i.e., may be null) classloader that is also searched
+	 */
+	public InRAMCompilerJavax(String pkgName, ClassLoader cl) {
+		this.pkgName = pkgName;
+		providedClassLoader = cl;
+		compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
+
+		// A map of from class names to the RAMJavaFileObject that holds
+		// the compiled-code for that class. This is the cache of
+		// compiled classes.
+
+		output = new HashMap<String, JavaFileObject>();
+
+		createNewClassLoader(providedClassLoader);
+
+	}
+	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see se.lth.cs.sven.rosettaTest.cc.InRAMCompiler#deleteClass(java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	public void deleteClass(String className) {
+		output.remove(pkgName+"."+className);
+//		System.out.println("\nstored classes: " + output.keySet());
+		createNewClassLoader(providedClassLoader);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Create a new class loader, possibly replacing the existing one.
+	 * This method is called by the constructor, and from deleteClass, to
+	 * allow unloading of generated classes.
+	 * @param cl
+	 */
+	private void createNewClassLoader(ClassLoader cl) {
+		// A loader that searches our cache first.
+
+		loader = new RAMClassLoader(output, cl);
+
+		diagnostics = new DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject>();
+
+		// Create a JavaFileManager which uses our DiagnosticCollector,
+		// and creates a new RAMJavaFileObject for the class, and
+		// registers it in our cache
+
+		StandardJavaFileManager sjfm = compiler.getStandardFileManager(diagnostics, null, null);
+		jfm = new RAMFileManager(sjfm, output, loader);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Help routine to convert a string to a URI.
+	 */
+	static URI toURI(String name) {
+		try {
+			return new URI(name);
+		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see se.lth.cs.sven.rosettaTest.cc.InRAMCompiler#compile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	public void compile(String name, String srcStr) throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+		// Create source file objects
+		SourceJavaFileObject src = new SourceJavaFileObject(name,
+				srcStr);
+
+		// Compile source code. call() causes it to run.
+
+		// Compiler options
+		//		String myCP = getClassPath()+":/home/sven/eclipse/workspace_sven_test_3.4/RosettaOSGi-API/bin";
+		//		System.out.println("classpath: "+myCP);
+		List<String> options = new ArrayList<String>();
+		//        options.add("-classpath");
+		//        options.add(myCP);
+		//        options.add(getClassPath());
+
+		CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask(null, jfm,
+				diagnostics, options, null, Arrays.asList(src));
+
+		jfm.isCompiling(true);
+
+		if (!task.call()) {
+			for (Diagnostic<?> dm : diagnostics.getDiagnostics())
+				System.err.println(dm);
+			throw new RuntimeException("Compilation of task "+name+" failed");
+		}
+
+		jfm.isCompiling(false);
+
+		// Traces the classes now found in the cache
+		System.out.println("\nInRAMCompiler: generated classes = " + output.keySet());
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see se.lth.cs.sven.rosettaTest.cc.InRAMCompiler#load(java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	public Class<?> load(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+		jfm.isCompiling(false);
+		Class<?> c = Class.forName(pkgName+"."+className, false,
+				loader);
+		return c;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * A JavaFileObject class for source code, that just uses a String for
+	 * the source code.
+	 */
+	private class SourceJavaFileObject extends SimpleJavaFileObject {
+
+		private final String classText;
+
+		SourceJavaFileObject(String className, final String classText) {
+			super(InRAMCompilerJavax.toURI(className + ".java"),
+					Kind.SOURCE);
+			this.classText = classText;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public CharSequence getCharContent(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors)
+		throws IOException, IllegalStateException,
+		UnsupportedOperationException {
+			return classText;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * A JavaFileManager that presents the contents of the cache as a file
+	 * system to the compiler. To do this, it must do four things:
+	 *
+	 * It remembers our special loader and returns it from getClassLoader()
+	 *
+	 * It maintains our cache, adding class "files" to it when the compiler
+	 * calls getJavaFileForOutput
+	 *
+	 * It implements list() to add the classes in our cache to the result
+	 * when the compiler is asking for the classPath. This is the key
+trick:
+	 * it is what makes it possible for the second compilation task to
+	 * compile a call to a class from the first task.
+	 *
+	 * It implements inferBinaryName to give the right answer for cached
+	 * classes.
+	 */
+
+	private class RAMFileManager extends
+	ForwardingJavaFileManager<StandardJavaFileManager> {
+
+		private final Map<String, JavaFileObject> output;
+
+		private final ClassLoader ldr;
+
+		public RAMFileManager(StandardJavaFileManager sjfm,
+				Map<String, JavaFileObject> output, ClassLoader ldr) {
+			super(sjfm);
+			this.output = output;
+			this.ldr = ldr;
+		}
+
+		public JavaFileObject getJavaFileForOutput(Location location,
+				String name, Kind kind, FileObject sibling)
+		throws IOException {
+			JavaFileObject jfo = new RAMJavaFileObject(name, kind);
+			output.put(name, jfo);
+			return jfo;
+		}
+
+		public ClassLoader getClassLoader(JavaFileManager.Location
+				location) {
+			return ldr;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String inferBinaryName(Location loc, JavaFileObject jfo) {
+			//			System.out.println("RAMFileManager.inferBinaryName:"+loc+", "+jfo);
+			String result;
+
+			if (loc == StandardLocation.CLASS_PATH
+					&& jfo instanceof RAMJavaFileObject)
+				result = jfo.getName();
+			else
+				result = super.inferBinaryName(loc, jfo);
+
+			return result;
+		}
+
+		private boolean restrictPackage=true;
+
+		public void isCompiling(boolean b) {
+			restrictPackage = !b;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Iterable<JavaFileObject> list(Location loc, String pkg,
+				Set<Kind> kind, boolean recurse) throws IOException {
+
+			Iterable<JavaFileObject> result = super.list(loc, pkg, kind,
+					recurse);
+
+			if (loc == StandardLocation.CLASS_PATH
+					&& (!restrictPackage || pkg.equals("just.generated"))
+					&& kind.contains(JavaFileObject.Kind.CLASS)) {
+				ArrayList<JavaFileObject> temp = new ArrayList<JavaFileObject>(
+						3);
+				for (JavaFileObject jfo : result)
+					temp.add(jfo);
+				for (Entry<String, JavaFileObject> entry : output
+						.entrySet()) {
+					temp.add(entry.getValue());
+				}
+				result = temp;
+			} else {
+				result = super.list(loc, pkg, kind, recurse);
+			}
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A JavaFileObject that uses RAM instead of disk to store the file. It
+	 * gets written to by the compiler, and read from by the loader.
+	 */
+
+	private class RAMJavaFileObject extends SimpleJavaFileObject {
+
+		ByteArrayOutputStream baos;
+
+		RAMJavaFileObject(String name, Kind kind) {
+			super(InRAMCompilerJavax.toURI(name), kind);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public CharSequence getCharContent(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors)
+		throws IOException, IllegalStateException,
+		UnsupportedOperationException {
+			throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public InputStream openInputStream() throws IOException,
+		IllegalStateException, UnsupportedOperationException {
+			return new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public OutputStream openOutputStream() throws IOException,
+		IllegalStateException, UnsupportedOperationException {
+			return baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A class loader that loads what's in the cache by preference, and if
+	 * it can't find the class there, loads from the standard parent.
+	 *
+	 * It is important that everything in the demo use the same loader, so
+	 * we pass this to the JavaFileManager as well as calling it directly.
+	 */
+
+	private final class RAMClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
+		private final Map<String, JavaFileObject> output;
+		private ClassLoader classLoader;
+
+		RAMClassLoader(Map<String, JavaFileObject> output, ClassLoader cl) {
+			this.output = output;
+			this.classLoader = cl;
+			testGetResources();
+		}
+
+		private void testGetResources() {
+			Package[] ps = getPackages();
+			for (Package package1 : ps) {
+				System.out.println(package1.getName());
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected Class<?> findClass(String name)
+		throws ClassNotFoundException {
+			JavaFileObject jfo = output.get(name);
+			try {
+				//XXX This is a hack! Look in "parent" class loader first, to find correct Service instances.
+				if(classLoader != null) {
+					System.out.println("RAMClassLoader.findClass: getResource (package): "+classLoader.getResource("se/lth/cs/sven/rosettaTest"));
+					System.out.println("RAMClassLoader.findClass: getResource: "+classLoader.getResource("se/lth/cs/sven/rosettaTest/Constraint.class"));
+
+					try {
+						Class<?> c = classLoader.loadClass(name);
+						if(c != null) {
+							return c;
+						}
+					} catch( ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+						System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
+					}
+				}
+				if (jfo != null) {
+					byte[] bytes = ((RAMJavaFileObject) jfo).baos.toByteArray();
+					return defineClass(name, bytes, 0, bytes.length);
+				}
+			} catch(Exception e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+
+			return super.findClass(name);
+		}
+	}
+}

examples/dynamic/README

+This directory contains an embryo of an example of how to 
+generate and compile a labcomm endpoint on the fly.

examples/dynamic/StaticPart.java

+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import se.lth.control.labcomm.LabCommEncoderChannel;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import se.lth.control.labcomm.LabCommDecoderChannel;
+
+
+public class StaticPart {
+  /**
+   * Simple encoder 
+   */
+  public class Encoder {
+
+    LabCommEncoderChannel encoder;
+
+    public Encoder(OutputStream out) 
+      throws Exception 
+    {
+      encoder = new LabCommEncoderChannel(out);
+      theTwoInts.register(encoder);
+      IntString.register(encoder);
+      TwoArrays.register(encoder);
+    }
+
+    public void doEncode() throws java.io.IOException {
+      TwoInts x = new TwoInts();
+      x.a = 17;
+      x.b = 42;
+  
+      IntString y = new IntString();
+      y.x = 37;
+      y.s = "Testing, testing";
+
+      System.out.println("Encoding theTwoInts, a="+x.a+", b="+x.b);
+      theTwoInts.encode(encoder, x);
+
+      System.out.println("Encoding IntString, x="+y.x+", s="+y.s);
+      IntString.encode(encoder, y);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public class Decoder
+  implements theTwoInts.Handler, anotherTwoInts.Handler, IntString.Handler
+  {
+
+    LabCommDecoderChannel decoder;
+
+    public Decoder(InputStream in) 
+      throws Exception 
+    {
+      decoder = new LabCommDecoderChannel(in);
+      theTwoInts.register(decoder, this);
+      anotherTwoInts.register(decoder, this);
+      IntString.register(decoder, this);
+      TwoArrays.register(decoder, this);
+      TwoFixedArrays.register(decoder, this);
+
+      try {
+        System.out.println("Running decoder.");
+        decoder.run();
+      } catch (java.io.EOFException e) {
+  	System.out.println("Decoder reached end of file.");
+      }
+    }
+
+    public void printTwoInts(TwoInts d) throws java.io.IOException {
+      System.out.println("a="+d.a+", b="+d.b);
+    }
+
+    public void handle_theTwoInts(TwoInts d) throws java.io.IOException {
+      System.out.print("Got theTwoInts: ");
+      printTwoInts(d);
+    }
+
+    public void handle_anotherTwoInts(TwoInts d) throws java.io.IOException {
+      System.out.print("Got anotherheTwoInts: ");
+      printTwoInts(d);
+    }
+
+    public void handle_IntString(IntString d) throws java.io.IOException {
+      System.out.println("Got IntString, x="+d.x+", s="+d.s);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] arg) throws Exception {
+    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(arg[0]);
+    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(new File(arg[0]))
+    Encoder example = new Encoder(fos);
+    Decoder example = new Decoder(fis);
+    example.doEncode();
+    fos.close();
+    fis.close();
+  }
+}
+

examples/dynamic/TestLabCommCompiler.java

+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import AST.LabCommParser;
+import AST.LabCommScanner;
+import AST.Program;
+import beaver.Parser.Exception;
+
+
+
+public class TestLabCommCompiler {
+
+	/**
+	 * @param args
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+		/* input data: */
+		String prg ="sample struct { int x; int y; int z;}foo; sample int bar;";
+
+		HashMap <String, String> handlers = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		handlers.put("foo", "public void handle_foo(foo value) {\nSystem.out.println(value.x);\nSystem.out.println(value.y);\nSystem.out.println(value.z);}");
+		handlers.put("bar", "public void handle_bar(int value) {System.out.println(value);}");
+
+		generateCode(prg, handlers);
+	
+	}
+	public static void generateCode(String prg, HashMap<String, String> handlers) {
+		Program ast = null;
+		InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(prg.getBytes());
+		LabCommScanner scanner = new LabCommScanner(in);
+		LabCommParser parser = new LabCommParser();
+		Collection errors = new LinkedList();
+	
+		try {
+			Program p = (Program)parser.parse(scanner);
+			p.errorCheck(errors);
+	        if (errors.isEmpty()) {
+	            ast = p;
+	          } else {
+	        	System.out.println("*** Errors:");
+	            for (Iterator iter = errors.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
+	              String s = (String)iter.next();
+	              System.out.println(s);
+	            }
+	          }
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		if (ast != null) {
+			InRAMCompiler irc = handleAst(ast, handlers);
+			dummyTest(irc);
+		} else {
+			System.err.println("compilation failed");
+		}
+	}
+	/* dummy test creating instances of sample and handler, and calling handle*/
+	private static void dummyTest(InRAMCompiler irc) {
+		try {
+			Class hc = irc.load("gen_fooHandler");
+			Object h = hc.newInstance(); 
+			Class fc = irc.load("foo");
+			Object f = fc.newInstance();
+			Field x = fc.getDeclaredField("x");
+			Field y = fc.getDeclaredField("y");
+			Field z = fc.getDeclaredField("z");
+			x.setInt(f, 10);
+			y.setInt(f, 11);
+			z.setInt(f, 12);
+			Method m;
+			try {
+				m = hc.getDeclaredMethod("handle_foo", fc);
+				m.invoke(h, f);
+			} catch (SecurityException e) {
+				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+			
+		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (InstantiationException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (SecurityException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static InRAMCompiler handleAst(Program ast, HashMap<String, String> handlers) {
+		Map<String, String> foo = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		try {
+			ast.J_gen(foo, "labcomm.generated");
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		System.out.println("Generated labcomm code:");
+
+		InRAMCompiler irc = new InRAMCompilerJavax("labcomm.generated", null);
+
+		Iterator<String> i = foo.keySet().iterator();
+		while(i.hasNext()){
+			final String name = i.next();
+			final String src = foo.get(name);
+			System.out.println("***"+name+"\n"+src);
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			sb.append("package labcomm.generated;\n");
+			sb.append("public class gen_"+name+"Handler implements "+name+".Handler {\n");
+			sb.append(handlers.get(name));
+			sb.append("}\n");
+			System.out.println("-------------------------------------");
+			System.out.println(sb.toString());
+			try {
+				irc.compile(name, src);
+				irc.compile("gen_"+name+"Handler", sb.toString());
+			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			} catch (SecurityException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+			System.out.println("================================");
+		}
+		return irc;
+	}
+}

examples/dynamic/runme.sh

+#dummy script to test the on-the-fly compilation
+
+javac -cp .:../../compiler/labComm.jar:../../lib/java/labcomm.jar:../../lib/tools/beaver.jar:../../lib/tools/beaver-rt.jar:../../lib/tools/jastadd2.jar:../../lib/tools/JFlex.jar:../../lib/tools/proj.jar  TestLabCommCompiler.java
+
+java -cp .:../../compiler/labComm.jar:../../lib/java/labcomm.jar:../../lib/tools/beaver.jar:../../lib/tools/beaver-rt.jar:../../lib/tools/jastadd2.jar:../../lib/tools/JFlex.jar:../../lib/tools/proj.jar  TestLabCommCompiler

examples/dynamic/simple.lc

+typedef struct {
+  int a;
+  int b;
+} TwoInts;
+
+sample TwoInts theTwoInts;
+sample TwoInts anotherTwoInts;
+
+sample struct {
+  int x;
+  string s;
+} IntString;
+