On Nov 16, 2007 3:38 AM, Mark Hindess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 15 November 2007 at 10:22, "Nathan Beyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a class in a org.apache.harmony package. By general > > convention, these classes are for implementation use within Harmony > > only. At some point, these packages will be unavailable at runtime > > (via OSGi or the like restrictions). > > > > There may be exceptions to this rule, such as where Harmony will > > provide plug-in points, etc. However, I don't believe this is falls > > into that category. There are a number of reasons, but most of them > > fall under the fact that creating instances like this would circumvent > > many of basic tenants and assumptions of the class library and > > runtime. > > +1 > > I don't think it would be wise to start having exceptions to this. > The fact is there is a standard way to do this (JNI AllocObject) > so user code should use this rather than doing something that is > harmony-specific.
The problem is that users have to distribute their jars with a .dll or .so file for different platforms instead of single jars... > > Regards, > Mark. > > > On Nov 15, 2007 4:16 AM, Andrew Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I find some methods of ObjectAccessor are useful for some existing > > > applications and potential users, e.g, Object allocateObject(Class). > Could > > > we make getInstance() public so that users can benefit from these > utility > > > methods? Thanks! > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > Andrew Zhang > > > > > > http://zhanghuangzhu.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > -- Best regards, Andrew Zhang http://zhanghuangzhu.blogspot.com/
