RunModule

Miscellaneous machinery around traversing & querying the build hierarchy, that should not be needed by normal users of Mill

All main classes detected in this module that can serve as program entry-points.

Any command-line parameters you want to pass to the forked JVM.

Any environment variables you want to pass to the forked JVM.

Builds a command-line "launcher" file that can be used to run this module's code, without the Mill process. Useful for deployment & other places where you do not want a build tool running

The elements of the run classpath which are local to this module. This is typically the output of a compilation step and bundles runtime resources.

Allows you to specify an explicit main class to use for the run command. If none is specified, the classpath is searched for an appropriate main class to use if one exists.

Runs this module's code in a subprocess and waits for it to finish

Runs this module's code in a background process, until it dies or runBackground is used again. This lets you continue using Mill while the process is running in the background: editing files, compiling, and only re-starting the background process when you're ready.

You can also use -w foo.runBackground to make Mill watch for changes and automatically recompile your code & restart the background process when ready. This is useful when working on long-running server processes that would otherwise run forever

If true, stdout and stderr of the process executed by runBackground or runMainBackground is sent to mill's stdout/stderr (which usually flow to the console).

If false, output will be directed to files stdout.log and stderr.log in runBackground.dest (or runMainBackground.dest)

All classfiles and resources including upstream modules and dependencies necessary to run this module's code.

Runs this module's code in a subprocess and waits for it to finish

Runs this module's code in-process within an isolated classloader. This is faster than run, but in exchange you have less isolation between runs since the code can dirty the parent Mill process and potentially leave it in a bad state.

Same as run, but lets you specify a main class to run

Same as runBackground, but lets you specify a main class to run

Same as runLocal, but lets you specify a main class to run

Control whether run*-targets should use an args file to pass command line args, if possible.

Returns a string representation of the object.

The default representation is platform dependent.