Subject:
ImporterTopLevel problem
Date:
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 15:42:50 -0400
From:
"\"Howard\" Xuhua Lin" <howard@softcom.com>
To:
"Norris Boyd" <norris@netscape.com>
CC:
"Andrew Wason" <aw@softcom.com>
Hi, The following script will cause an EvaluatorException: Ambiguous import: [JavaPackage java.awt.JButton] and [JavaPackage
java.awt.Packages.javax.swing.JButton] in the js shell:
js>importPackage(java.awt);
js>importPackage(Packages.javax.swing);
js>new JButton();.
The current JS shell will not print this exception message, even though the comment says "// Already printed message, so just fall
through". I add System.err.println(ee.getMessage()); for this exception.
The problem is that in NativeJavaPackage.get(String, Scriptable) method, if a ClassNotFoundException is caught, a
NativeJavaPackage object is created and passed back to ImporterTopLevel.get Method. So in ImporterTopLevel.get method, object v
is always not NOT_FOUND and the ambiguous exception will be thrown. Object v is supposed to be a Class object but it actually is
a Package object.
The fix can be either (1) in NativeJavaPackage.get(String, Scriptable) method, if a ClassNotFoundException is caught, return a
NOT_FOUND object (you may still create a Package object) or (2) in ImporterTopLevel.get method, make sure the returned object
from NativeJavaPackage.get method is of NativeJavaClass type.
Howard
Support for jsGet_ and jsSet_ prefixes to methods for explicit getter
and setter definition.
Addition of "importClass" and "importPackage" top-level functions.
The beginnings of a history object accessible from the shell.