servlet code

Fri Jun 15 14:30:00 GMT 2001

Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> writes:
> > I'm working on some servlet-related code, and I'm wondering what to
> > do. First, we we want javax.servlet (and javax.jsp) in libjava?
> > I would say yes - it makes things easier, and we already have
> > javax.naming in there.
> To be honest I think that libjava is already very big.

Yes, that is a concern. However, having the extensions packages
separate means having to resolve the library search rules. I.e. does the
programmer need to specify explicit CLASSPATH (when compiling) or -l
(when linking) to get the extension library? This is a somewhat
controversial issue.
> But since then Nick Ferrier set up the classpathx project and the code
> is now part of that project. < http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/classpathx/ >
> I think the best approach would be to work together with the ClasspathX
> people and make sure that the included libraries can also be compiled with
> gcj to shared libraries.

I notice most of the code there is LGPL. That certainly prevents them
from being part of libjava.
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