Re: String/Hashtable bootstrapping problem

[John Leuner]

> > I have encountered a problem trying to initialize the String and Hashtable
> > classes.  Here's the problem:
> >
> > - Hashtable uses String constants like "loadFactor" and "threshold" which
> >   are initialized in Hashtable.<clinit>.
> > - String constants are supposed to have unique values, as ensured
> >   by String.intern.  Thus, for String constant pool entries, I call
> >   String.intern.
> > - String.intern makes use of String.internTable, which is a Hashtable,
> >   and which is initialized in String.<clinit>.
> 
> In a later message,
> > I'm talking about these lines from java.util.Hashtable:
> >
> >   // used for serializing instances of this class
> >   private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields =
> >     { new ObjectStreamField("loadFactor", float.class),
> >       new ObjectStreamField("threshold", int.class) };
> 
> I'm a little late entering this conversation, but how about this for a
> solution?

Since the CVS version of Hashtable doesn't have these fields, won't this 
problem go away automatically?

John Leuner