Use the component compiler, acompc, to compile AIR libraries and independent components. The acompc component compiler behaves like the amxmlc compiler, with the following exceptions:

• You must specify which classes within the code base to include in the library or component.
• acompc does not look for a local configuration file automatically. To use a project configuration file, you must use the -load-config option.

The acompc command invokes the standard Flex compc component compiler, but loads its configuration options from the air-config.xml file instead of the flex-config.xml file.

Contents

• Component compiler configuration file
• acompc examples

Component compiler configuration file

Use a local configuration file to avoid typing (and perhaps mistyping) the source path and class names on the command line. Add the -load-config option to the acompc command line to load the local configuration file.

The following example illustrates a configuration for building a library with two classes, ParticleManager and Particle, both in the package: com.adobe.samples.particles. The class files are located in the source/com/adobe/samples/particles folder.

<flex-config>
    <compiler>
        <source-path>
            <path-element>source</path-element>
        </source-path>
    </compiler>
    <include-classes>
        <class>com.adobe.samples.particles.ParticleManager</class>
        <class>com.adobe.samples.particles.Particle</class>
    </include-classes>
</flex-config>

To compile the library using the configuration file, named ParticleLib-config.xml, type:

acompc -load-config ParticleLib-config.xml -output ParticleLib.swc

To run the same command entirely on the command line, type:

acompc -source-path source -include-classes com.adobe.samples.particles.Particle 
com.adobe.samples.particles.ParticleManager -output ParticleLib.swc

(Type the entire command on one line, or use the line continuation character for your command shell.)

acompc examples

These examples assume that you are using a configuration file named myLib-config.xml.

Compile an AIR component or library:

acompc -load-config myLib-config.xml -output lib/myLib.swc

Compile a runtime-shared library:

acompc -load-config myLib-config.xml -directory -output lib

(Note, the folder lib must exist and be empty before running the command.)

Reference a runtime-shared library:

acompc -load-config myLib-config.xml -output lib/myLib.swc