src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/extensions/scripting/cdi/compiler/CompilerFactory.java

package org.apache.myfaces.extensions.scripting.cdi.compiler;

import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * <p>This factory chooses and creates an instance of the according compiler
 * implementation based on the current JVM for you. If you're using a Java 6
 * VM, it will return a compiler using the JSR-199 API, otherwise it will
 * return a compiler that uses the JavaC tool.</p>
 */
public class CompilerFactory {

    /**
     * The logger instance for this class.
     */
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CompilerFactory.class.getName());

    // ------------------------------------------ Public methods

        /**
     * <p>Factory method that creates a new Java compiler depending on the
     * Java runtime that this application is running on. That means, if the
     * Java runtime supports the JSR-199 API (i.e. it's at least a Java 6
     * runtime) this API will be used. Otherwise a compiler will be returned
     * that tries to use some internal JDK classes.</p>
     *
     * @return a new Java compiler depending on the Java runtime
     */
   public static Compiler createCompiler() {
        boolean isJava15 = System.getProperty("java.version").indexOf("1.5.") != -1;
        if (!isJava15) {
            // If the Java version is not 1.5, it's safe to assume that
            // it's at least 1.6 as otherwise you wouldn't even be able
            // to load the module (the target VM is set to 1.5 after all).
           return Jsr199CompilerLoader.createJsr199Compiler();
        } else {
            if (logger.isLoggable(Level.WARNING) &&
                    !System.getProperty("java.vendor").contains("Sun Microsystems")) {
                logger.warning("This application is running on a Java runtime that neither supports the JSR-199 API " +
                        "nor is it distributed by Sun Microsystems. However, the compiler implementation that will " +
                        "be used depends on internal classes in the package 'com.sun.tools.javac' so compilation " +
                        "is likely to fail! Be sure that the Java runtime that you're using provides these internal " +
                        "classes!");
            }

            return new JavacCompiler();
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>Utility class that loads the JSR-199 compiler implementation. The sole purpose
     * of this class is to ensure that the current class loader doesn't try to load the
     * class 'Jsr199Compiler' until it's sure that we're running on a JVM 6 platform.</p>
     */
    private static class Jsr199CompilerLoader {

        /**
         * <p>Utility method that creates a new compiler implementation that uses the
         * JSR-199 Compiler API.</p>
         *
         * @return a new compiler implementation that uses the JSR-199 Compiler API
         */
        public static Compiler createJsr199Compiler() {
            return new Jsr199Compiler();
        }

   }
}