Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-15 Thread Oded Arbel
On Thursday 14 August 2003 15:15, Aviram Jenik wrote: > > in C I would put the new .obj (compiled code) instead of the old one, and > > try to link... > > Again, unless I'm not following you, you cannot do that in C++ either. If > the interface *changed*, and other classes are using that interface

Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-15 Thread Alexander Maryanovsky
not so in Java. if a class exposes a certain interface which other classes use, newer versions can add methods or remove unused methods w/o a need to recompile the using classes. Even more "breaking" changes are allowed, see http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/binaryComp.doc.ht

Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 14 August 2003 12:42, Tal Achituv wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Would Tal clear this up, please? I'm intrigued. I've been following this thread too, and I'm pretty confused. But based on: > > To Clear things up, the interface definitely changed... there's no question > there... The utility yo

RE: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Tzahi Fadida
OTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tal Achituv > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:05 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [OT] Java linkage > > > I'm looking for a solution for internal affairs :-) not with clients... > > we do that class

RE: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
Uzi Refaeli wrote on 2003-08-13: > Donot know about such a tool but you can check that: > * The new class dose not import classes that are not in the application cp. > * The class signature is the same. > `javap` is useful to recover class signatures from compiled .class files (in case that's your

[OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Tal Achituv
Hi all Is there a tool / method to check if a compiles java object (class) links correctly? Any thoughts? Thanks, Tal Achituv. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g.,

RE: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Uzi Refaeli
#x27; > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [OT] Java linkage > > > Yes, When I wrote the mail I was confused myself - as there is no real > "link" in java... > > here's the problem: > > I have to supply a patch for a software build

Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread linux_il
[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [OT] Java linkage Yes, When I wrote the mail I was confused myself - as there is no real "link" in java... here's the problem: I have to supply a patch for a software build 18, and am currently working on build 22 of the same software. I wonder

RE: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Tal Achituv
>Hi, > >Would Tal clear this up, please? I'm intrigued. > >I feel like everyone else understood that you want to know if you changed >the interface of your own class while I read your question that you want to >know if the new version of the class depends on new external code. >Who's right? > >Than

RE: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Tal Achituv
uot;links" with all the others correctly... [lets say a method signature changed])... Do you know if there is a "solution" in the industry?? Tal. -Original Message- From: Ron Gidron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:04 PM To: 'Tal Achit

RE: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Tal Achituv
quot; issue? Thanks, Tal. -Original Message- From: Ron Gidron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:51 PM To: 'Tal Achituv' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [OT] Java linkage Well, I hope you guys don't use an obfuscator :-) What I would do is f

FW: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Uzi Refaeli
> To: Uzi Refaeli > Subject: Re: [OT] Java linkage > > > import caluses are meaningless here. They are just a > syntactic sugar to > let programmers avoid having to type the full package names > every time they > reffer to a class. > The class signature also ha

RE: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Ron Gidron
TECTED]' Subject: RE: [OT] Java linkage Yes, When I wrote the mail I was confused myself - as there is no real "link" in java... here's the problem: I have to supply a patch for a software build 18, and am currently working on build 22 of the same software. I wonder if I can j

Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Voguemaster
This is indeed a viable and good solution. What strikes me odd is that you have the sources, you KNOW the changes made (obviously you also document them :). You should at least have an idea about your class interfaces. Following good OO design for your class interfaces usually means almost no probl

Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Oded Arbel
On Wednesday 13 August 2003 19:04, Tal Achituv wrote: > I'm looking for a solution for internal affairs :-) not with clients... > > we do that class changing thing allot here, and looking for a way to > resolve this "dependency" issue.. I have the sources.. no need to > decompile... > here's the

Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread linux_il
e- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tal Achituv Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:05 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [OT] Java linkage I'm looking for a solution for internal affairs :-) not with clients... we do that class changing thing allot