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Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:22:35 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        "Shaffer, Gary R" <GARY.R.SHAFFER@saic.com>
Cc:        "'Koster, K.J.'" <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Pre-alpha JDK 1.2.2 patches -- issues
Message-ID:  <200003242022.NAA09615@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <9C4E165721F7D311AC3D00805FBBB118312DEA@US-SD-PLTC.mail.saic.com>
References:  <9C4E165721F7D311AC3D00805FBBB118312DEA@US-SD-PLTC.mail.saic.com>

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> JNI is the Java Native Interface and lets Java code talk to native libraries
> written in other languages. We use it to interface the the JavaCOMM API so
> we can interface with GPS hardware.
> JCE (Java Cryptographic Extensions), and JSSE (Java Secure Socket
> Extensions) are Sun extensions to JDK2.

The JNI stuff won't work (obviously), but I'm suprised that JCE and JSSE
don't work with the Blackdown port, or do they use JNI?

> As for the CORBA applications, the company I work for, SAIC, is developing
> them for a customer that I can not name....

*grin*   Seems like you folks are doing almost the exact same things I
did at my former employer, for an un-named customer. :)

> In my email, I was trying to make the point that although you can run the
> Linux/Blackdown JDK, the possibilities exist that not all java
> code/applications/extensions will work....That is why a native FreeBSD port
> would be a perfect fit...

Agreed.  



Nate
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koster, K.J. [mailto:K.J.Koster@kpn.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 5:30 PM
> To: 'Shaffer, Gary R'
> Subject: RE: Pre-alpha JDK 1.2.2 patches -- issues
> 
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> > 
> > First of all, THANKS for all the effort... A lot of people 
> > are wondering if
> > a native JDK1.2.2 port is necessary or not.. I belive it is, 
> > even if the
> > performance sucks because there is not JIT. There is more to 
> > JDK1.2.2 than
> > JFC/Swing.  I have been unsuccessful in getting out CORBA 
> > based applications
> > to run under FreeBSD using the Linux port. We have also been 
> > unsuccessful in
> > getting JNI, JCE, and JSSE all to work correclty.  Just my 2 
> > cents worth...
> >
> Could you point me to the products that you have been unable to install? I
> will try them too.
> 
>     Kees Jan
> 
> ==============================================
>  You are only young once,
>       but you can stay immature all your life
> 
> 
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