An example of how to compile a picocli application into a native image using GraalVM.

This example requires that you have GraalVM installed on your system.

Follow the steps below to build the example:

1. Make sure that the graalHome variable in the build.gradle file is set to the bin directory of your Graal installation.

2. Build the application by running the following command:

    ./gradlew clean nativeImage
   

   If successful, you will see an output similar to the one below:

    > Task :nativeImage
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]    classlist:   1,591.86 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]        (cap):   1,333.19 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]        setup:   2,752.30 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]   (typeflow):   9,171.43 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]    (objects):  11,283.86 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]   (features):     366.95 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]     analysis:  21,281.39 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]     universe:     722.37 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]      (parse):   1,887.22 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]     (inline):   3,982.18 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]    (compile):  30,374.73 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]      compile:  37,433.35 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]        image:   2,968.30 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]        write:     803.57 ms
    [picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all:79330]      [total]:  67,726.48 ms
    
    BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1m 10s
    6 actionable tasks: 6 executed
   

Follow the steps below to run the example:

1. Run the following command to display the command usage:

    ./picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all -h
   

   If successful, you will an output similar to the one below:

    Usage: example [-hV] [-v]... FILE...
          FILE...     File(s) to process.
      -h, --help      Show this help message and exit.
      -v, --verbose   Verbose mode. Helpful for troubleshooting. Multiple -v options
                        increase the verbosity.
      -V, --version   Print version information and exit.
   

2. Run the following command to process files:

    ./picocli-graalvm-example-0.1.0-all -vv input.dat input2.dat
   

   If successful, you will see an output similar to the one below:

    Processing 2 files...
    Processing: /Users/greg/workspace/picocli-graalvm-example/test.dat
    Processing: /Users/greg/workspace/picocli-graalvm-example/test1.dat
   

For bugs, questions, and discussions please use the Github Issues.

1. PicoCLI Code Generation
2. PicoCLI on GraalVM

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