Compiling a C program from Java or C# using MinGW

Question

I am building an app that would compile C programs and display the results on a Windows Platform.

The standard C compiler for Windows is MinGW.

Is there any API for MinGW in Java or C# and how do I call the compiler?

I have referred these links: Calling C compiler from java program and C program compilation from a java program.

Unclear what you are looking for outside of what shown in [C program compilation from JAva](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20463523/c-program-compilation-from-a-java-program) link you've provided... Can you clarify what you expect to find except "start a Process" APIs in Java/C#? — Alexei Levenkov, Nov 07 '14 at 16:04
If I have to compile my program then I need to install mingw but without installing just with the api call can it be done? — xxx, Nov 07 '14 at 16:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '14 at 16:07

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MinGW has not an API by itself if what you are thinking about is a library. The only viable approach is to launch the compiler as a process. The links you have referred explain how to, just follow them.

answered Nov 07 '14 at 16:07

feryllt

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Please see the comment in the question. – xxx Nov 07 '14 at 16:08
Do you want to compile a C program with MinGW from java without installing MinGW? If so I would say it is impossible. – feryllt Nov 07 '14 at 16:14
Are there any other apis? – xxx Nov 07 '14 at 16:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 07 '14 at 16:34

There is no C/C++ compiler on Windows and unlikely to have cross-compiler installed by default on *nux platforms - so bring you own.

And there is no "API" that magically compiles C code either.

Note that both Java and C#/.Net have compiler services for its own languages - you may want to think about using C# instead of C. And as long as you have .Net Framework on Windows you get csc.exe compiler if you need to compile from command line.

Compiling a C program from Java or C# using MinGW

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