On Wed, 07 Apr 2004, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. a new ProcessBuilder : > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/jcp/beta1/apidiffs/java/lang/ProcessBuilder.html > > Either this eliminates all the platform specific grunge, or it adds > new complexity
We could use it as yet another launcher when available. If it works better than the launcher code of JDK 1.3+, that is. See the pointers in <exec> manual page for things that won't work with the vmLauncher. > 2. an XML format for properties. I haven't had a look yet, is it different from what we do with <xmlproperty>? > 3. InetAddr.isReachable(). I can see a good utility class for > deployment there Yep. > We also get getenv back, which would be good. If it works, that is. We should compare the results to our own native implementations, in particular on special cases like OpenVMS where we handle logicals with multiple equivalence names and all that. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]