TABLE 2-2Setup Command Arguments (Continued)

Setup Option

Description

 

 

-TestURL path

Optional. Specifies the directory location in which

 

to create the signature file as a file protocol URL:

-FileName file_name

-ClosedFile

file://path

Must end in a trailing slash on a UNIX system or a backslash on a Microsoft Windows or DOS system. Setup does not support the HTTP protocol.

Required. Specifies the name of the signature file to be created.

Optional. The default if not specified. Specifies to include in the signature file all direct and indirect superclasses for all required classes (tested classes), even if these superclasses are non-public or from untested packages.

-NonClosedFile

Optional. Declines the default -ClosedFile

 

 

mode previously described. Does not include all

 

 

direct and indirect superclasses and superinterfaces

 

 

of tested classes in the signature file

-package

package_or_class_name

Optional. Specifies a class or package to be included

 

 

in the signature file, including its subpackages if a

 

 

package is specified. The -packagevalue acts as a

 

 

filter on the set of classes specified in

 

 

-classpath. The default is all classes. Repeat the

 

 

argument to specify multiple entries.

-PackageWithoutSubpackages

Optional. Similar to the -packageoption, this

package

 

specifies a package to be included but without its

 

 

subpackages. Repeat the option to specify multiple

 

 

entries.

-exclude

package_or_class_name

Optional. Specifies a package or class to be

 

 

excluded from the signature file, including its

subpackages. Repeat the option for multiple entries. Excludes duplicate entries specified by the -packageor the -PackageWithoutSubpackagesoption.

-verbose

-apiVersionversion_string

Optional. Enables error diagnostics for inherited class members.

Optional. Specifies the API version string to be recorded in the second line of the signature file, as described in “Signature File Contents” on page 17.

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