Re: java.util.zip

[John Leuner]

> 
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 03:06:10PM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> > Aaron> What we need to do is port it over to Classpath.  The problem
> > Aaron> is that we still have some questions outstanding on how to
> > Aaron> handle native code, so this package is in a bit of limbo, but
> > Aaron> you should not write a new implementation from scratch.
> > 
> > I thought someone had ported the java.util.zip native code from CNI to
> > JNI already.  We could just check that in as a temporary measure until
> > the CNI/JNI integration problem is solved.
> 
> Jochen Hoenicke has made a CNI to JNI conversion that can be found at
> <http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~delwi/classpath/JCL/>
> We could check that in to Classpath as a temporary solution.
> I have been adding Javadoc to the java.util.zip java files from
> libgcj but have not yet checked that in the libgcj tree.
> (It is not completely finished.) There is now also a java.util.jar
> implementation in Classpath. But it does not contain a jar file/Manifest
> verifier yet.
> 
> If you could look at the current libgcj implementation, Jopchen his native
> code conversion and the jar implementation of Classpath and compare that
> to what you have that would be greatly appreciated.

I should have made it more clear that this is a port to pure java code. My
hidden agenda here is to use the code in a future java OS (see
http://jos.org), which is why I didn't want to use zlib.

I will have a look at the libgcj code and Jochen's code, to see what I can
borrow / contribute in terms of code and javadoc.

John Leuner