From: "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:30, Conor MacNeill wrote: > > > From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > All of this is handled by the VM. Can you point out where the spec deals > > with application resolution of optional packages? > > Hmm - I am fairly sure I answered this question last time ... > > It is ****NOT**** done by the JVM but needs to be implemented by container > vendors. Avalon/Phoenix implements it, as does TC4 as does most newer servlet > (and ejb?) containers because it is part of their spec. > > Look at they way that all the commons products now use it - even ant is > following the spec now due to a recent contribution. Heres a basic reference > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/extensions/versioning.html > > Example dependency declaration > > Extension-List: javahelp > javahelp-Extension-Name: javax.help > javahelp-Specification-Version: 1.0 > javahelp-Implementation-Version: 1.0.3 > javahelp-Implementation-Vendor-Id: com.sun > > No location dependent information there.
So, how does it work with Class-Path. You are proposing using Class-Path don't you? The stuff above is about the extension mechanism which several people have mention here are evil and we should never ever use etc, etc, etc. Are we changing out minds. Can you post a proposal on how this libraries will work in the context of ANT? Jose Alberto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
