Java Compiler API NullPointerException

Question

I am using this code to compile a Java file at runtime. First of all, here is my directory tree (in Eclipse).

+---- src
+----- package
+------ Compile.java
+
+
+---- temp
+----- anotherpackage
+------ Temp.java (file to compile)

Here is my code where I am getting the NullPointerException (I already tried using JDK as my Standard VM in Eclipse).

public static void compile(URI path, InputStream is, OutputStream os, OutputStream err) throws IOException {
    SimpleJavaFileObject source = new CustomJavaFileObject(path, Kind.SOURCE);
    JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
    JavaCompiler.CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask(new PrintWriter(err), null, null, null, null, Arrays.asList(source));
    task.call();
}

Here is the CustonJavaFileObject:

class CustomJavaFileObject extends SimpleJavaFileObject {
    protected CustomJavaFileObject(URI uri, Kind kind) {
        super(uri, kind);
    }
}

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT:

I do not have the JDK in my PATH (and I can't add it)

Here is my stack trace:

java.lang.NullPointerException 
  at package.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:20)
  at package.Interactive.main(Interactive.java:19)

A compiler may not be available in your system. check the ToolProvider API and it will say that the getSystemJavaCompiler will return null if no compiler is provided. — Hovercraft Full Of Eels
– Hovercraft Full Of Eels, Commented Sep 30, 2011 at 23:01
@HovercraftFullOfEels The JDK is not in my PATH and I can't add it, but even when I use the JDK as my StandardVM it still doesn't work. — LanguagesNamedAfterCofee
– LanguagesNamedAfterCofee, Commented Sep 30, 2011 at 23:03

Yi Jiang · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-24 01:48:47Z

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JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();

causes the issue. Point your JRE to be inside the JDK as unlike jdk, jre does not provide any tools.

edited Nov 24, 2011 at 1:48

Yi Jiang

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