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Thread: #ifdef in Java?

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    Default #ifdef in Java?

    Hello,

    Is there any kind of conditional compilation in Java? Like there is #ifdef / #endif in C - anything like that in Java?

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    Default Re: #ifdef in Java?

    There is none.
    What would you use that for in java? It seems rather pointless to me.

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    Default Re: #ifdef in Java?

    Took a look at this. The wikipedia article (Conditional compilation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) states:
    This technique is commonly used when these differences are needed to run the software on different platforms, or with different versions of required libraries or hardware.
    Due to Java's "write once, run everywhere" nature, worrying about differences in platforms is almost never needed (with a handful of exceptions, which can usually be resolved by making a call to one of Java's utility classes).
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    Default Re: #ifdef in Java?

    Quote Originally Posted by mrqwak View Post
    Hello,

    Is there any kind of conditional compilation in Java? Like there is #ifdef / #endif in C - anything like that in Java?
    Not in the same way, because there isn't a preprocessor (which is the thing that actually reads the #ifdef lines, replacing them with valid C before passing them onto the compiler) like there is for a C toolchain.

    However, see here: Java Practices -> Conditional compile