Hi Megha! Probably you're on the right way. Modifying the String class is tough task since it is kernel class and should be provided with appropriate support from the VM. vm_strings.cpp is the part of DRLVM that provides such the support. You must be able to recompile it during the normal build process of DRLVM then, and particularly this thing would reside in libharmonyvm.so or harmonyvm.dll.
Thanks, Aleksey. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Megha Chauhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am a graduate student at the university of Illinois at chicago,USA. As > > part of my research I have modified the String class of harmony JDK. I have > > added another character array(value_sample) to the class which keeps a copy > > of the value array. Now the problem I am facing is in the case of a string > > literal since no constructor for the string class is called explicitly , > the > > value of value_sample array(which was added by me) is set to null. I have > > tried to look into creation of string constants but have not found much > > except that it is instantiated by the native code at compile time. I have > > looked in to the vm_strings.cpp class and have seen that the VM initialises > > the fields for String object in the init_fields method. > > I was thinking of adding the new filed I have crested here and recompiling > > the code. > > Am I on the right track? > > Also I would like to know which DLL file holds the code for vm_string.cpp > > class and how can I recompile the DLL ? > > Your help will be greatly appreciated as I have been struggling with this > > issue for more than a month now. > > Thanks and Regards > > Megha Chauhan >
