Archie, Below is the README.txt that I intend to include with the (very) rough glue layer. The whole glue layer is currently 350KB. I am not certain if this donation needs to be a bulk contribution. Most of the 350KB derives from existing Apache Harmony code. Also, I don't want to check all these files into source code control until we have a clear understanding where they need to reside and how we want the directories arranged.
The README.txt: ------------------------------------------------------------ Feb 11, 2006 Weldon Washburn, Intel The code in this tree is very new. It has not been compiled. This tree, kernel_path, is a generic adapter that will glue the Apache Harmony Class Library to any Java Virtual Machine that runs GNU Classpath. The first JVM that kernel_path will run on is Harmony JCHEVM. It is located at: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/harmony/enhanced/jchevm/ Directions for obtaining a copy of Harmony Class Library are at: http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/subcomponents/classlibrary/build_classlib.html In the Harmony Class Library tree is a document describing how to connect the libraries to a new Java Virtual Machine. These directions are located in the tree at: ....../Harmony/doc/kernel/kernel.txt kernel.txt states: The Kernel Java classes are those classes which are tied to the structure of the VM, or whose structure is known by the VM. Most of these classes are defined by the Java 1.4.2 API specification. The IBM VM implementations of these classes are provided in open source. The IBM implementations rely on the presence of (typically) VM specific natives to implement the required Java APIs. Other VM writers can choose to use these implementations, but this forces the writer to use the reference design and the writer must then implement the natives, for which minimal documentation is provided. The kernel_path directory is a copy of the following Harmony Class Library sub-tree: ...../Harmony/modules/kernel To reduce clutter, the svn directories and files have been removed from kernel_path. The original directory structure remains unchanged. Current status of these files: kernel_path/VM_native_stubs contains the java declaration of JCHEVM's native method entry points. These are java source files that correspond to _jc_ilib_table [ ] that is defined in: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/harmony/enhanced/jchevm/libjc/native_lib.c VM_native_stubs files are probably 50% complete. Nothing has been compiled. Most of the mods were done to the kernel_path/src/main/java/java/lang directory. This directory is probably 20% complete. Nothing has been compiled. Probably the hardest file to get right will be j/j/l/Thread.java. None of the following files have been modified yet: kernel_path/src/main/java/java/lang/ref kernel_path/src/main/java/java/lang/reflect kernel_path/src/main/java/com/ibm/oti/vm
