CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Jeb
Jeb

Reputation: 16769

scala SocketServer

what is the purpose of scala.tools.util.SocketServer?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 338

Answers (1)

Arjan Blokzijl
Arjan Blokzijl

Reputation: 6888

It's part of the compiler, and not a part of the standard scala library. Its purpose is to implement the server communication for the fsc (fast scala compiler). When you're compiling with fsc a server daemon process is started. This is done by starting up the scala.tools.nsc.StandardCompilerServer, which is a subclass of scala.tools.util.SocketServer. Once the fsc server is running, you avoid the overhead of having to start up a new JVM instance with every compilation that you do, which happens when you use scalac instead of fsc to compile your code.

Upvotes: 10

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