On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, James THOMAS wrote:
>
> I created bug #3358 last week to inquire about / request JDK 1.1 support by
> Tomcat 3.3. I have been informed that JDK 1.1 is suppose to be supported.
> In my attempts to diagnose and fix problems I find myself a bit confused.
> Some of the code (DependClassLoader for example) requires the Java 2
> libraries (AccessController class) in order to take advantage of Java 2
> platform. So, the mere existence of this code makes the Java 2 compiler a
> requirement (correct?). Can we really support JDK 1.1 if the deliverable
> is built with Java 2?
The build file will detect if JDK1.1 is used to compile and exclude all
the java2 files - so you should be able to build a functional tomcat using
1.1 ( and use it, of course ).
By 'functional' I mean something that can serve servlets and JSPs - not
all features are supported. The target is small devices and OSes where
java2 is not available - you don't want to run a full-featured production
server on such a thing.
If you are interested in 1.1 support - please try it and provide feedback,
I'm testing from time to time but I doubt there are too many other people
interested in this. My goal is to make sure the core and 'essential'
modules are minimal, but I use java2 for anything advanced.
Costin
