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    39         <h3>javac Packages</h3>
       
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    41         <p>With the exception of a publicly supported entry point at
       
    42             <a href="../../src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/Main.java" class="code">com.sun.tools.javac.Main</a>,
       
    43             javac is organized as a set of packages under 
       
    44             <span class="code">com.sun.tools.javac</span>.
       
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    47         <table>
       
    48         <tr><th>Sub-package<th>Description
       
    49         <tr>
       
    50         <td valign=top><span class=code>code</code>
       
    51         <td>Classes to represent the internal semantics of a Java program -- 
       
    52         types, symbols, etc.
       
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    54         <tr>
       
    55         <td valign=top><span class=code>comp</code>
       
    56         <td>Classes that analyse and annotate the parse tree with semantic 
       
    57         details, such as determining the types and symbols referred to by identifiers.
       
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    59         <tr>
       
    60         <td valign=top><span class=code>jvm</code>
       
    61         <td>Back end classes to read and write class files.
       
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    63         <tr>
       
    64         <td valign=top><span class=code>main</code>
       
    65         <td>Top-level driver classes. The standard entry point to the compiler is
       
    66         <a href="../../src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/Main.java" class="code">com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main</a> <i>(<a href="Main.html">more...</a>)</i>
       
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    68         <tr>
       
    69         <td valign=top><span class=code>parser</code>
       
    70         <td>Classes to read a Java source file and create a corresponding parse tree.
       
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    72         <tr>
       
    73         <td valign=top><span class=code>resources</code>
       
    74         <td>Resource classes for messages generated by the compiler. Two of the 
       
    75         three classes are automagically generated by a "property file compiler" 
       
    76         from a property source file; the third is automagically generated during 
       
    77         the build to contain build version information.
       
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    80         <td valign=top><span class=code>tree</code>
       
    81         <td>Classes representing an annotated syntax tree for a Java program. 
       
    82         The top level node, representing the contents of a source file is 
       
    83         <span sclass="code">Tree.TopLevel</code>.
       
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    85         <tr>
       
    86         <td valign=top><span class=code>util</code>
       
    87         <td>Utility classes used throughout the compiler, providing support for 
       
    88         diagnostics, access to the file system, and javac's collection classes.
       
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