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I am building an app that would compile C programs and display the results on a Windows Platform.

The standard C compiler for Windows is MinGW.

Is there any API for MinGW in Java or C# and how do I call the compiler?

I have referred these links: Calling C compiler from java program and C program compilation from a java program.

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  • Unclear what you are looking for outside of what shown in C program compilation from JAva link you've provided... Can you clarify what you expect to find except "start a Process" APIs in Java/C#? Commented Nov 7, 2014 at 16:04
  • If I have to compile my program then I need to install mingw but without installing just with the api call can it be done? Commented Nov 7, 2014 at 16:07

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MinGW has not an API by itself if what you are thinking about is a library. The only viable approach is to launch the compiler as a process. The links you have referred explain how to, just follow them.

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Please see the comment in the question.
Do you want to compile a C program with MinGW from java without installing MinGW? If so I would say it is impossible.
Are there any other apis?
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There is no C/C++ compiler on Windows and unlikely to have cross-compiler installed by default on *nux platforms - so bring you own.

And there is no "API" that magically compiles C code either.

Note that both Java and C#/.Net have compiler services for its own languages - you may want to think about using C# instead of C. And as long as you have .Net Framework on Windows you get csc.exe compiler if you need to compile from command line.

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