Not sure what is up with the generator folder in the showcase, haven't
actually looked at it in a while (note to self, take a look at the new
stuff from GWT 1.5)  But I can answer the java.io issue.  Not every
java class library is importable by GWT.  Remember, GWT compiles
javascript from your java source, but to do so, it has to understand
how to.  And not every java library on the planet is understandable by
GWT...java.io being one of them.  And it makes sense.  Again, since
GWT's javascript code is running client side in a web browser,
everything that it can or can't do is defined by the browser.
Browsers are severely limited (by design) when it comes to things like
file system access....which is what java.io does.  So there are things
inside java.io that even if GWT could convert it to javascript, the
browser container security prevents it from happening.  If you are
interested in a project that has more of java.io in it, look at
http://code.google.com/p/gwtx/ .  It's a third party type of deal, but
it has some interesting stuff in it allowing you more compatibility
with java.io, but natively (and anyone who knows for sure chime in,
I'm doing this off of my head) GWT supports java.io.Serializable for
GWT-RPC.  That's about all I know about this.  If I get a chance today
I'll look at the showcase and see what they are doing with
generator...

Later,

Shaffer

On Nov 7, 11:32 pm, ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I could not understand that what is the use of "generator" folder in
> "showcase" example in GWT 1.5.2.
> Actually I want to use java's io package at client side in GWT but it
> gives errors when i use io class in client folder. I read showcase
> example in which io class is used in a java file which is put in
> generator folder in showcase example.
>
> Pl help me to resolve this problem.
> Thanks in advance.
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