nixpkgs manual: split languages into separate files

There's no change in content except for amending the title of the
section to mention "frameworks", as e.g. I don't consider Qt a language,
and it's likely there will be more of similar cases in future.

To be certain, I checked diff of the generated HTMLs.
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Vladimír Čunát
2015-12-19 16:04:36 +01:00
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xml:id="sec-language-java">
<title>Java</title>
<para>Ant-based Java packages are typically built from source as follows:
<programlisting>
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "...";
src = fetchurl { ... };
buildInputs = [ jdk ant ];
buildPhase = "ant";
}
</programlisting>
Note that <varname>jdk</varname> is an alias for the OpenJDK.</para>
<para>JAR files that are intended to be used by other packages should
be installed in <filename>$out/share/java</filename>. The OpenJDK has
a stdenv setup hook that adds any JARs in the
<filename>share/java</filename> directories of the build inputs to the
<envar>CLASSPATH</envar> environment variable. For instance, if the
package <literal>libfoo</literal> installs a JAR named
<filename>foo.jar</filename> in its <filename>share/java</filename>
directory, and another package declares the attribute
<programlisting>
buildInputs = [ jdk libfoo ];
</programlisting>
then <envar>CLASSPATH</envar> will be set to
<filename>/nix/store/...-libfoo/share/java/foo.jar</filename>.</para>
<para>Private JARs
should be installed in a location like
<filename>$out/share/<replaceable>package-name</replaceable></filename>.</para>
<para>If your Java package provides a program, you need to generate a
wrapper script to run it using the OpenJRE. You can use
<literal>makeWrapper</literal> for this:
<programlisting>
buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
installPhase =
''
mkdir -p $out/bin
makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/foo \
--add-flags "-cp $out/share/java/foo.jar org.foo.Main"
'';
</programlisting>
Note the use of <literal>jre</literal>, which is the part of the
OpenJDK package that contains the Java Runtime Environment. By using
<literal>${jre}/bin/java</literal> instead of
<literal>${jdk}/bin/java</literal>, you prevent your package from
depending on the JDK at runtime.</para>
<para>It is possible to use a different Java compiler than
<command>javac</command> from the OpenJDK. For instance, to use the
Eclipse Java Compiler:
<programlisting>
buildInputs = [ jre ant ecj ];
</programlisting>
(Note that here you dont need the full JDK as an input, but just the
JRE.) The ECJ has a stdenv setup hook that sets some environment
variables to cause Ant to use ECJ, but this doesnt work with all Ant
files. Similarly, you can use the GNU Java Compiler:
<programlisting>
buildInputs = [ gcj ant ];
</programlisting>
Here, Ant will automatically use <command>gij</command> (the GNU Java
Runtime) instead of the OpenJRE.</para>
</section>