AWT 1.1

Fri Jan 29 11:35:00 GMT 1999

> S. Colin Leister wrote:
>> As I understand it, the Cygnus Java runtime won't provide an
> implementation of the AWT 1.1.
> This is very understandable, but what would be required to provide
> this support?

Native-code implementations must be written for java.awt.Toolkit,
java.awt.Graphics, etc.
> How does this contrast with the work the CLASSPATH project is
> producing?

If I'm not mistaken, the classpath project is a reimplementation of the
java sources, and won't include native code for java.awt.
> Being able to run a native Java graphics application, especially
> SWING, is very intriguing to some of us.
> We'd have one code base, all the advantages of Java/C++, excellent
> portability, and speed.

Swing is an interesting case, since it relies on only a subset of the
AWT classes. I think it doesn't need List, TextField/TextArea, Button,
Choice, etc. so it's possible these could be omitted before Swing will
run.
> If anyone is interested in helping to support this, please let me
> know.

I'd love to if I had the time :(
-- 
Jeff Sturm
jsturm@sigma6.com