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SetupAndTest Command Argument (Continued)

 

 

-PackageWithoutSubpackages name

Optional. Specifies package to be tested

 

 

excluding subpackages.

-exclude

name

Optional. A package or class to be excluded

 

 

from testing, including its subpackages.

 

 

Repeat the option for multiple entries.

 

 

Excludes duplicate entries specified by the

 

 

-package or the

 

 

-PackageWithoutSubpackages

 

 

option.

-ClassCacheSize size_of_cache

Optional. 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. Defaults to 100.

-CheckValue

Optional. 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

Optional. Specifies not to check the values of

 

 

primitive and string constants.

-verbose

 

Optional. Enables error diagnostics for

 

 

inherited class members.

-apiVersionversion_string

Optional. Specifies the API version number

 

 

of the implementation under test to be

 

 

recorded in the generated report.

-outfile_name

-FormatPlain

Optional. Prints report messages to a specified file instead of standard output.

Optional. Specifies not to sort report messages, but output them immediately. Allows a decrease in memory consumption compared to the default sorted format of message reporting.

Merge Command

The Merge command has the following synopsis:

java com.sun.tdk.signaturetest.Merge [arguments]

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