> An AWT (or JFC) based on PalmOS peers would make perfect sense in
> terms of Sun's (apparent) strategy. But it may not be possible to
> write something close to the AWT given the constraints of current Palm
> hardware. The JDK is pretty huge.
yes.. and this is how it would look:
java.awt.* <-- use these when programming
the interpreter can link to the appropriate "implementation"
classes in:
pda.palmos.*
pda.wince.*
JDK 1.0 had another heirarchy of classes "sun.*".. you never
used them.. but they were references from the core classes.
maybe an implemention can be done in a similar way?
you use ONLY pure java.. and the interpreter does the required
manipulation. if java.awt.* was abstract "semi".. then the
pda.* classes implement the specific code.
> (The opinions above are most definitely my own alone.)
as for microsoft.. re-check your references..Sun is suing
as M$ has modified the CORE java classes..
what i proposed had nothing to do with the java.* heirarchy,
so hence is valid to that lawsuit.
i have done too much Java programming to discuss the solution
you interpreted.. (it would mean i learnt NOTHING over the
years)..
good design can solve this.. but pushing it out will not
help the design.. wait for it.. let sun sit down and think
about it.. maybe some people need to bug them, but we need
those libraries.
cheers.
az.
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