http://rkuzmik.blogspot.com/2006/08/local-managed-dns-java_11.html
This might help explain the usage.
Peter.
----- Original message -----
> Over 250 tests passed with no failures. Meanwhile, I've done some
> grepping, and found one use, in a text file:
>
> more
> ./qa/src/com/sun/jini/test/impl/reggie/META-INF/services/sun.net.spi.nameservice.NameServiceDescriptor
> com.sun.jini.test.impl.reggie.NameServiceDescriptorImpl
>
> The file has been around since the original Sun contribution, and the
> log entries since then seem to be about the various reorganizations, so
> I still don't know the purpose.
>
> If this reminds anyone of any clues as to the purpose, please comment.
>
> Patricia
>
>
> On 6/29/2011 1:56 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> > I've done a clean build with the classes in question deleted. It got a
> > "BUILD SUCCESSFUL". I'll start the QA tests that way, but I suggest
> > making that change. (I'm not checking in anything to the trunk right
> > now, to avoid risk of tripping up your efforts).
> >
> > Patricia
> >
> > On 6/29/2011 1:07 PM, Tom Hobbs wrote:
> > > I've just done a quick search for uses of NameServiceImpl and the only
> > > thing I could find was in NameServiceDescriptorImpl. And I couldn't
> > > find any references for that.
> > >
> > > Given that the package is "com.sun.jini.test.impl.reggie" for both of
> > > these classes, can I assume that they're for some test only? Does
> > > anyone know what they're for? Can we just remove them? (I love
> > > deleting code!)
> > >
> > > I'm sure you guys are aware of the problem, but for anyone new to the
> > > party; NameServiceImpl implements NameService which is an *internal*
> > > Sun class, which by rights we shouldn't really be using anyway. The
> > > return type of a the lookupAllHostAddr method differs from Java 5 to
> > > 6, so we're unable to build a release that satisfies both Java
> > > versions.
> > >
> > > If we can't get around this, it looks like we might be stuck at Java 5
> > > and only 5 until we come up with something clever.
> > >
> > > This is disappointing because I was hoping to build some new release
> > > candidates tonight...
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Peter<j...@zeus.net.au> wrote:
> > > > We have a number of uses of internal sun impl classes, I'd agree they
> > > > should all be replaced so we can expand beyond the sun
> > > > implementation. Is there a related jira?
> > > >
> > > > If you can see a simple fix eliminating the sun dependency, go for
> > > > it, otherwise I think just fix it enough to get our release out.
> > > >
> > > > I hadn't given it further consideration last time I looked.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Peter.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original message -----
> > > > > I think the problem may go deeper. sun.net.spi.nameservice.NameService
> > > > > is a sun.net interface that can change from version to version. Is it
> > > > > essential that we have our own implementation?
> > > > >
> > > > > Patricia
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 6/28/2011 12:18 AM, Peter wrote:
> > > > > > Oops, I fixed that but didn't commit, sorry Not near my dev box,
> > > > > > but the fix
> > > > > > is relatively simple, get byte array from each InetAddress, and
> > > > > > return
> > > > > > byte[][] instead, can someone fix it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original message -----
> > > > > > > I downloaded the source, and tried a naive build on Windows XP,
> > > > > > > Cygwin.
> > > > > > > I put a JDK 1.5 bin directory at the start of my path, and ran
> > > > > > > "ant
> > > > > > > all.build". It failed with the following errors:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > compile:
> > > > > > > [javac] Compiling 1993 source files to C:\Documents and
> > > > > > > Settings\Administrator\My
> > > > > > > Documents\River_2.2\apache-river-2.2.0-src\apache-river-2.2.0\qa\build\classes
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [javac] C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My
> > > > > > > Documents/River_2.2/apache-river-2.2.0-src/apache-river-2.2.0/qa/src/com/sun/jini/test/impl/reggie/NameServiceImpl.java:29:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > com.sun.jini.test.impl.reggie.NameServiceImpl is not abstract and
> > > > > > > does
> > > > > > > not override abstract method lookupAllHostAddr(java.lang.String)
> > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > sun.net.spi.nameservice.NameService
> > > > > > > [javac] public class NameServiceImpl implements NameService {
> > > > > > > [javac] ^
> > > > > > > [javac] C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My
> > > > > > > Documents/River_2.2/apache-river-2.2.0-src/apache-river-2.2.0/qa/src/com/sun/jini/test/impl/reggie/NameServiceImpl.java:42:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > lookupAllHostAddr(java.lang.String) in
> > > > > > > com.sun.jini.test.impl.reggie.NameServiceImpl cannot implement
> > > > > > > lookupAllHostAddr(java.lang.String) in
> > > > > > > sun.net.spi.nameservice.NameService; attempting to use
> > > > > > > incompatible
> > > > > > > return type
> > > > > > > [javac] found : java.net.InetAddress[]
> > > > > > > [javac] required: byte[][]
> > > > > > > [javac] public InetAddress[] lookupAllHostAddr(String host)
> > > > > > > [javac] ^
> > > > > > > [javac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
> > > > > > > [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
> > > > > > > [javac] Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
> > > > > > > [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
> > > > > > > [javac] 2 errors
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (I'm not worried about the deprecated APIs, just the compile
> > > > > > > failures.)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I next tried to find instructions. I looked at
> > > > > > > src-doc/static/build.html. It says "The bin directory of the
> > > > > > > Java(TM) 2
> > > > > > > SDK, Standard Edition, v 1.4 (or later) must be in your executable
> > > > > > > search path."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I believe we now need 1.5 or later.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Patricia
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