SCIF

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Getting Started

A SCIF contract can be compiled with the SCIF compiler.

Compile SCIF via JAR

Download the pre-built SCIF JAR from: https://github.com/apl-cornell/SCIF/releases/download/latest/SCIF.jar and run:

java -ea -jar SCIF.jar -c [path_to_SCIF_contract]

Compile SCIF via Source

Prerequisite

To build the SCIF compiler, the following packages are required:

  • JFlex
  • Java 21 or later
  • Ant
  • Gradle

Installing the SCIF compiler

SCIF project is hosted at github and can be built with the help of gradle. The following instructions clone the SCIF project and build it using gradle.

shell
git clone --recurse-submodules  https://github.com/apl-cornell/SCIF.git
cd SCIF
./gradlew build

Compiling an example SCIF program

The following instruction compiles a short SCIF example:

shell
./scif -c test/contracts/basic/MethodDefinition.scif