Specify compile location

[ahujaankush]

I want to specify the location where the project is compiled. When compiling 2 new folders are created, one named like the project with some random letters and numbers after a underscore before it and one named jdtls-project. I want the project to be compiled in my current project location in ./out/.
How to specify the compile location?

[lobophf]

How do you usually compile your projects? Do you use any shortcuts in nvim? Do you use any Dependency Management like Gradle or Maven? It's possible that your question is not related to nvim-jdtls.

Remember the IDE itself is just a tool to help write code and the compiler compiles it.

You can create your project and use the command below to compile as you wish.

javac MyProject.java -d out/ 

To run it use the next command.

java -cp out/ MyProject

[ahujaankush]

I am using the builtin compile function of nvim-jdtls. I am not using any dependency managment system.

[lobophf]

I've never tried to compile anything using the :lua require('jdtls').compile command of nvim-jdtls. I believe it is not possible to pass arguments to the compiler that way, only the full and incremental options are allowed.

However, you can customize any command to behave the way you want. You can try using this shortcut to be executed when you hit the c key twice.

vim.api.nvim_set_keymap('n', 'cc', '<cmd>:!javac *.java -d out/ <CR>', {})

EDIT: Also, you can use this plugin to customize nvim commands locally for your projects.

[ahujaankush]

I tried your solution by running javac. This works when having everything in one package, but I am not able to compile bigger programs this way.

[lobophf]

That's a good reason to add Gradle or Maven to your project. You can find some weird alternative, but it will be impractical at some point.