where options include:¶

--output <file>

Output file name

--class-name <class names> List of classes to compile

--jar <jarfiles>

List of jar files to compile

--module <modules>

List of modules to compile

--directory <dirs>

List of directories where to search for files to compile

--search-path <dirs>

List of directories where to search for specified files

--compile-commands <file>

Name of file with compile commands

--compile-for-tiered

Generate profiling code for tiered compilation

--compile-with-assertions

Compile with java assertions

--compile-threads <number> Number of compilation threads to be used

--ignore-errors

Ignores all exceptions thrown during class loading

--exit-on-error

Exit on compilation errors

--info

Print information during compilation

--verbose

Print verbose information

--debug

Print debug information

--help

Print this usage message

--version

Version information

-J<flag>

Pass <flag> directly to the runtime system