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1  #!wml  #include "include/layout.wml"
2    
3  #use wml::std::page  <set-var last-modified-author="prk">
4  #use wml::std::lang  <subject "GNU Classpath">
 #use wml::fmt::isolatin  
 #use wml::std::case global=upper  
5    
6  <lang:new id="en" short>  <box>
7  <lang:star:slice:>  <boxtitle><a name="home">Classpath::Home</a></boxtitle>
8    
9  <set-var last-modified-author="<mjw>">  <boxitem>
10    <p>GNU Classpath, Essential Libraries for Java, is a GNU project to
11    create free core class libraries for use with virtual machines and compilers
12    for the java programming language.
13    </P>
14    <P>Classpath is still a work in progress. The first public release
15    will be version 1.0. There have been no public releases; however, pre-release
16    source code is available via GNU's anonymous <A href="http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=85">
17    CVS server</A> , and snapshots of the Classpath tree have been released and
18    are available from <A href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/">ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/</A>
19    (older releases can be found in the <A href="http://www.klomp.org/mark/classpath/">archive</A>).
20    </P>
21    </boxitem>
22    
23  #include <include/macros.wml>  <boxtitle><a name="status">Classpath::Status</a></boxtitle>
24    <boxitem>
 <header title="GNU Classpath">  
 <en>  
 <p>  
 <table class="groupmenutable">  
   <tr>  
     <td width="10%"><i>Classpath:</i></td>  
     <td width="90%">  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/classpath/">Savannah</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class=tabselect href="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/">Homepage</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=classpath">Bugs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=classpath">Support</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=classpath">Patches</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=classpath">Mailing Lists</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/pm/?group=classpath">Tasks</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=classpath">News</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=classpath">CVS</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- |&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       Doesn't work ATM  
       <a class=tabs href="http://savannah.gnu.org/files/?group=classpath">Files</a>  
       -->  
     </td>  
   </tr>  
   <tr>  
     <td width="10%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Tools:</i></td>  
     <td width="90%">  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/cp-tools/">Savannah</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://www.gnu.org/software/cp-tools/">Homepage</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=cp-tools">Bugs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=cp-tools">Support</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=cp-tools">Patches</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=cp-tools">Mailing Lists</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/pm/?group=cp-tools">Tasks</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=cp-tools">News</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=cp-tools">CVS</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- |&nbsp;&nbsp;  
       <!-- Doesn't work ATM  
       <a class="tabs" href="http://savannah.gnu.org/files/?group=cp-tools">Files</a>  
       -->  
     </td>  
   </tr>  
 </table>  
 </en>  
   
 <!-- Description -->  
 <en>  
25  <p>  <p>
26  GNU Classpath, Essential Libraries for Java, is a GNU project to  An up to date view of the current state of GNU Classpath can be
27  create free core class libraries for use with virtual machines and  obtained by looking at these resources.
28  compilers for the java programming language.    <ul>
29        <li><createlink url="http://savannah.gnu.org/pm/task.php?group_id=85&set=custom&advsrch=0&group_project_id=0&_assigned_to=0&_status=1&SUBMIT=Browse" name="All open tasks"></li>
30        <li>GNU Classpath vs: <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk10-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.0"> <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk11-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.1"> <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk12-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.2"> <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk13-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.3"> <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk14-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.4"> (updated nightly)</li>
31        <li>GNU Classpath <createlink url="mauve/" name="Mauve Results"> (temporarily down)</li>
32      </ul>
33  </p>  </p>
34    </boxitem>
35    
36  <p>  <boxtitle><a name="roadmap">Classpath::Roadmap</a></boxtitle>
37  Classpath is still a work in progress.  The first public release will  <boxitem>
 be version 1.0.  There have been no public releases; however, pre-release  
 source code is available via GNU's anonymous  
 <createlink url="http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=85" name="CVS server">  
 , and snapshots of the Classpath tree have been released and are  
 available from <createlink url="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/"  
 name="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/classpath/"> (older releases can be found in the  
 <createlink url="http://www.klomp.org/mark/classpath/" name="archive">).    
 </p>  
 </en>  
   
 <H4>Documentation</H4>  
 <en>  
 <UL>  
   <LI><createlink url="docs/" name="Current Documentation"></LI>  
   <LI><createlink url="announce/announcements.html"  
        name="Old News"></LI>  
 </UL>  
 </en>  
   
 <H4><en>Status</en></H4>  
 <en>  
38  <p>  <p>
39  GNU Classpath 1.0 will be fully compatible with the 1.1 and largely  GNU Classpath 1.0 will be fully compatible with the 1.1 and largely
40  compliant with the 1.2 API specification and will have a stable API  compliant with the 1.2 API specification and will have a stable API
# Line 100  but most are. many of the implemented cl Line 51  but most are. many of the implemented cl
51  specification (there are preliminary implementations of  specification (there are preliminary implementations of
52  <code>java.nio</code> and <code>javax.swing</code>).  <code>java.nio</code> and <code>javax.swing</code>).
53  </p>  </p>
54  <p>  </boxitem>
 An up to date view of the current state of GNU Classpath can be  
 obtained by looking at these resources.  
   <ul>  
     <li><createlink url="http://savannah.gnu.org/pm/task.php?group_id=85&set=custom&advsrch=0&group_project_id=0&_assigned_to=0&_status=1&SUBMIT=Browse" name="All open tasks"></li>  
     <li>GNU Classpath vs: <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk10-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.0"> <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk11-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.1"> <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk12-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.2"> <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk13-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.3"> <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/htmlout/h-jdk14-classpath.html" name="JDK 1.4"> (updated nightly)</li>  
     <li>GNU Classpath <createlink url="mauve/" name="Mauve Results"> (temporarily down)</li>  
   </ul>  
 </p>  
 </en>  
   
 <H4>Testing</H4>  
 <en>  
 <p>  
 The test framework for GNU Classpath is called  
 <createlink url="http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/" name="Mauve">.  There  
 are instructions within the Mauve website on how to download and use Mauve.  
 Writing Mauve tests is the most important thing GNU Classpath developers  
 could do for the project at this time.  
 </p>  
 <p>  
 Java API compatibility testing can be performed using  
 <createlink url="http://japi.sab39.org/"  
 name="japitools">.  Japitools already does  
 full API comparisons but it doesn't have the capability to extract  
 APIs from the documentation - instead, the "japize" tool uses the  
 jode.bytecode library to identify the public members of a given set of  
 packages from the binary jars or zips.  But japitools does separate the  
 API-inspection phase ("japize") from the compatibility-testing phase  
 ("japicompat") so it would be easy to offer an alternative to japize  
 that worked on API documentation.  
 </p>  
 <p>  
 Another method of API compatibility testing is to use <createlink  
 url="http://majestix.ucnet.uoc.gr/~jgeorgal/pub/jdiff.sh"  
 name="jdiff.sh">, at least until this functionality is merged into  
 japitools.  
 </en>  
   
 <H4>Other Package Providers</H4>  
 <en>  
 <p>Below is a table of providers for free core packages not already available  
 with GNU Classpath  
 </p>  
 <table border="1" width="100%">  
 <th>Core Package</th><th>Provider</th>  
 <tr><td>Various non-core packages</td><td><createlink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx/" name="GNU ClasspathX"></td></tr>  
 <tr><td>javax.crypto</td><td><createlink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-crypto/" name="GNU Crypto"></td></tr>  
 <tr><td>javax.sound</td><td><createlink url="http://tritonus.org/"  
                              name="Tritonus"></td></tr>  
 <tr><td>org.ietf.jgss</td><td><createlink  
 url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2853.txt" name="IETF RFC 2853"></td></tr>  
 <tr><td>org.omg</td><td><createlink url="http://www.omg.org"  
 name="OMG"></td></tr>  
 </table>  
 </en>  
   
 <H4>Virtual Machines</H4>  
 <en>  
 <p>  
 The primary target for GNU Classpath was originally <createlink  
 url="http://www.japhar.org/" name="Japhar">.  Japhar-0.07 works out-of-the-box with  
 GNU Classpath-0.00.  Current Japhar versions do not work with current versions  
 of GNU Classpath.  
 </p>  
   
 <table border="1" width="100%">  
 <tr><th>JVM</th><th>Description</th></tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://aegisvm.sourceforge.net/" name="AegisVM"></td>  
 <td>  
 The Aegis VM Project is an on-going effort to develop a lightweight,  
 secure virtual machine for executing Java bytecode.  The Aegis VM will  
 eventually feature a modular bytecode verification architecture that  
 allows user-defined static verification procedures to be integrated  
 into the VM's dynamic linking process through pluggable verification  
 modules.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/java/" name="GCJ"></td>  
 <td>  
 Although GNU Classpath cannot be directly compiled for use with  
 GCJ at this time, a lot of work has been done to merge GCJ class  
 library code and GNU Classpath class library code.  This has resulted  
 in a better version of each.  The current merge status between the two  
 projects is <createlink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/java/libgcj-classpath-compare.html"  
 name="located here">.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://www.ikvm.net/" name="IKVM.NET">  
 <td>  
 A JVM for the .NET platform.  
 Runs on top of <createlink url="http://www.go-mono.org/" name="Mono">.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/jikesrvm/" name="Jikes RVM"></td>  
 <td>  
 Jikes RVM now uses GNU Classpath for all of its libraries.   Also,  
 instructions for using Classpath are provided in the Jikes RVM user's  
 guide as of the Jikes RVM 4/7/03 release (2.2.1). Nightly regression  
 tests are run against Classpath 0.05 and the  
 Classpath CVS head.   The results are posted on the jikesrvm-regression  
 mailing list, which is archived and available on the Jikes RVM home page.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~doylep/jupiter/" name="Jupiter"></td>  
 <td>  
 This VM also uses a modified version of the GNU Classpath libraries.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://kissme.sourceforge.net/" name="Kissme"></td>  
 <td>  
 This VM is almost always guaranteed to work with GNU Classpath CVS  
 source code.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/orp/" name="ORP"></td>  
 <td>  
 Information about ORP  
 can also be found at <createlink url="http://orp.sourceforge.net/"  
 name="http://orp.sourceforge.net/">.  ORP 1.10 does not work with  
 current GNU Classpath libraries.  Information is available in the  
 mailing list archives.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://www.sablevm.org/" name="SableVM"></td>  
 <td>  
 This VM provides a repackaged version of GNU Classpath that aims to  
 be the easiest to install and use.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/jaos/" name="Jaos"></td>  
 <td>  
 The Jaos VM is a JVM using GNU Classpath implemented on top of the  
 <createlink url="http://bluebottle.ethz.ch/" name="Aos/Bluebottle"> kernel.  
 This kernel offers many useful features like garbage collected memory  
 management, dynamic module loading, and object-oriented model. This makes the  
 implementation of a JVM particularly attractive and simple.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jamiga" name="JAmiga"></td>  
 <td>  
 A JRE implementation for the Amiga Platform.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://www.kaffe.org/" name="Kaffe"></td>  
 <td>  
 Kaffe OpenVM is a complete virtual machine, library framework and  
 tools for programming in the java language. It has its own  
 implementation of part of the core libraries, but uses large parts of  
 the GNU Classpath framework.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 </table>  
 </en>  
   
 <H4>Other projects using GNU classpath</H4>  
 <en>  
 <table border="1" width="100%">  
 <tr><th>Project</th><th>Description</th></tr>  
 <tr>  
 <td><createlink url="http://www.flex-compiler.lcs.mit.edu/" name="Flex Compiler"></td>  
 <td>  
 FLEX is a compiler infrastructure written in Java for Java. Applications  
 include a program analysis and transformation framework for distributed  
 and embedded systems. Native backends exist for the StrongARM and MIPS  
 processors; it can also generate portable C code that can run on any  
 platform with gcc.  
 </td>  
 </tr>  
 </table>  
 </en>  
   
 <H4>Distribution terms</H4>  
 <en>  
 <p>  
 Classpath is distributed under the terms of the  
 <createlink url="/copyleft/gpl.html" name="GNU General Public License"> with  
 the following clarification and special exception.  
 </p>  
   
 <p>  
 <blockquote>  
 <p>  
 <code>  
 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is  
 making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and  
 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole  
 combination.  
 </code>  
 </p>  
 <p>  
 <code>  
 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you  
 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an  
 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent  
 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under  
 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked  
 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that  
 module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from  
 or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend  
 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not  
 obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this  
 exception statement from your version.  
 </code>  
 </p>  
 </blockquote>  
 </p>  
   
 <p>  
 As such, it can be used to run, create and distribute a large class of  
 applications and applets. When GNU Classpath is used unmodified as the  
 core class library for a virtual machine, compiler for the java languge,  
 or for a program written in the java programming language it does not  
 affect the licensing for distributing those programs directly.  
 </p>  
   
 </en>  
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