TABLE 2-5SignatureTest Command Arguments (Continued)

Option

 

Description

 

 

-CheckValue

Specifies to check the values of primitive and

 

 

string constants. This option generates an error if

 

 

a signature file does not contain the data

 

 

necessary for constant checking.

-NoCheckValue

Specifies not to check the values of primitive and

 

 

string constants.

-ClassCacheSize size_of_cache

Optional. Used in static mode only. Default is

 

 

1024. Specifies the size of the class cache as a

 

 

number of classes to be held in memory to reduce

 

 

execution time. Increasing this value dedicates

 

 

more memory to this function.

-classpath path

Optional. Specifies the path to one or more APIs

 

 

to be tested. Defaults to the classes contained in

 

 

the signature file under test. Can contain multiple

 

 

directories or ZIP or JAR files. The -package

 

 

argument filters the set of classes specified in

 

 

-classpath (see “CLASSPATH and

 

 

-classpathSettings” on page 10). Uses the path

 

 

separator appropriate for the platform (identified

 

 

by java.io.File.pathSeparator).

-TestURL

URL

Optional. Specifies the directory location of the

 

 

signature file as a file protocol URL:

 

 

file://path

 

 

Must end in a trailing forward slash on a UNIX

 

 

system or a backslash on a Microsoft Windows or

 

 

DOS system.

-FileName

file_name

Required if -Filesis not specified.. Specifies

 

 

the name of a signature file to be used.

-Filesfile_names

Required if -FileName is not specified. Use this

 

 

argument for testing a combination of APIs

represented by corresponding signature files. Specifies the names of the signature files to be used delimited by a file separator. The file separator on UNIX systems is a colon (:) character, and on Microsoft Windows systems it is a semicolon (;). See “Signature File Merge Rules” on page 11 for details on the rules used for merging.

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