java.util.Date -> NullPointerException

Thu May 18 16:29:00 GMT 2000

I got this error even it I had an empty classpath.
BTW, I'm still getting a different, but related error.
On 2000年5月19日, Bryce McKinlay wrote:
 BM>> OK, the existing code is definitely wrong here. I'm going to check in your
 BM>> change.
 BM>> 
 BM>> What is not clear is why the URLClassLoader is being used at all here. The
 BM>> system classloader should find the compiled "gnu.gcj.text.LocaleData_en_US" in
 BM>> libgcj.so, but it seems that if you explicitly put "libgcj.zip" on your
 BM>> classpath (which you shouldn't), Class.forName() prefers the .class version,
 BM>> and loads it that way. This is strange, because I thought it was designed to
 BM>> prefer native classes if available. Perhaps the fact that this class is in a
 BM>> .zip confuses this?
 BM>> 
 BM>> Anyway, I strongly recommend not putting libgcj.zip in your CLASSPATH.
 BM>> 
 BM>> regards
 BM>> 
 BM>> [ bryce ]
 BM>> 
 BM>> "Gregory R. Warnes" wrote:
 BM>> 
 BM>> > --- libgcj/libjava/gnu/gcj/protocol/jar/Connection.java.orig Thu May 18
 BM>> > 12:24:07 2000
 BM>> > +++ libgcj/libjava/gnu/gcj/protocol/jar/Connection.java Thu May 18
 BM>> > 12:23:25 2000
 BM>> > @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 BM>> > if (getUseCaches())
 BM>> > {
 BM>> > jarfile = (JarFile) file_cache.get(jarFileURL);
 BM>> > - if (jarFileURL == null)
 BM>> > + if (jarfile == null)
 BM>> > {
 BM>> > jarfile = new JarFile (jarFileURL.getFile ());
 BM>> > file_cache.put (jarFileURL, jarfile);
 BM>> >
 BM>> > Making this change lets HelloDate work:
 BM>> >
 BM>> > hydra:/tmp> gcj -o HelloDate HelloDate.java --main=HelloDate
 BM>> > hydra:/tmp> ./HelloDate
 BM>> > Hello World, Today is Thu May 18 19:49:22 GMT 2000
 BM>> 
 BM>>