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A Java API for generating .java source files.
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com.squareup.javapoet.JavaFile to have support for Java constant pool size #974

Closed abhilashgoyal closed 1 year ago

abhilashgoyal commented 1 year ago

In my usecase, when I am generating Java file, it is complaining about too many constants error [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11437905/java-too-many-constants-jvm-error]. IMO, we should have this counter in JavaFile object, so we know before hand if this will generate a valid .java file or is there need to split the generated code.

JakeWharton commented 1 year ago

This is simply not possible. There are too many things which contribute to the constant pool to be able to count them with any accuracy. Moreover, many of them will be inside of CodeBlock contents which we cannot parse.

When big files fail they can fail in many ways: too large of a method, too large constant pool, too many methods, too many arguments to a method, etc. The best you can do is partition your output at reasonable breakpoints as is possible with whatever you're generating.