Dynamically loaded modules

Thu May 10 10:39:00 GMT 2001

>>>>> "Jim" == jim <jim@weathercom.com> writes:

Jim> How well do programs compiled with gcj handel serialized objects
Jim> and JavaBeans? I'm working on a app that needs to load modules
Jim> on startup to modify it's GUI and behavior. Any ideas how gcj
Jim> would handle that?
gcj serialization is compatible with the JDK. We believe it is
complete, but you will probably find the occasional bug.
I don't know anything about beans. gcj doesn't have any java-style
GUI capability (no AWT or Swing -- but there is a gnome-gcj).
libgcj can load bytecode just like other VMs, at least on platforms
where the interpreter works (x86, alpha, ppc, ia64). libgcj can also
load precompiled java code (shared objects).
Tom