[cp-patches] The version numbers

[Meskauskas Audrius]

Roman Kennke wrote

> You often mention version numbers like 1.2 and 1.3. This question may 
> be naive, but do they refer to JDK version numbers or to CORBA spec 
> version numbers?

When speaking about implemented/missing CORBA features, I always use JDK 
version numbers. If I need to refer some other kind of version like 
CORBA (we write CORBA 3.0.3) or GIOP, I usually state this in the same 
sentence, as these numbers are not related to JDK versions. Since JDK 
1.3 Sun introduces the new group of interfaces, names ending by 
*Operations (for instance NamingContextOperations) and moves there 
methods that were previously defined in the main interfaces (like 
NamingContext). The main interface still contains the definitions of 
these methods as it inherits them from its *Operations interface. This 
have nothing to do with CORBA or GIOP version, being a feature of the 
java API.

In the current Classpath state, the SAME methods are defined TWICE: 
first in the NamingContextOperations interface that appears since JDK 
1.3 and then in the older NamingContext interface, present since JDK 
1.2. Since JDK 1.3 the NamingContext inherits the method definitions 
from NamingContextOperations. Same about BindingIterator and 
BindingIteratorOperations.

The reason of doing this is that I was not sure which version is our 
primary target and did not want to remove JDK 1.2 methods just because 
they are absent since 1.3 and later.

Cheers
Audrius