Re: [javaCompiler-users] NetBeans and JSwing Layout Support and JMF Support

[Marco T. <mt...@gm...>]

Joe Osborne wrote:
>> Joe Osborne wrote:
>>> Hello Mark
> 
> Sorry about that Marco.
> I work on my program until the sun comes up and things
> look a bit hazy on the screen by that time. ;)

No problem...


> <snip>
> 
> Here is the compilation output:
> - compiling sources for Java 1.5 preprocessing
> 
> C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\JavaCompilerTempa2jenm.out\MainWindow\MainList.java:24:
> cannot find symbol
> 	symbol  : class ProgressMonitor
> 	location: package swingwtx.swing
> 	import swingwtx.swing.ProgressMonitor;
> 
> There are 16 of these for various classes.
> I take it these are the classes that I am using that
> swingWT doesn't have equivalents for in it's library.

swingWT mapps AWT/Swing to SWT. But not everything is mapped...
http://javacompiler.mtsystems.ch/frame_faq.html, second question

> So this is where I need help. 
> 
> This is what I am guessing I have to do: 
> 1-Get these classes as java source codes. 
> 2-Get the swingWT as source. 
> 3-Put the classes somewhere in the swingWT directory
> hierarchy. (src folder)
> 4-Add something to the swingWT main class so they are
> seen. 
> 5-Compile them to a jar. 
> 6-Compile the jar to an object file. 
> 7-Replace the original swingWT object and jar files
> with the ones I modified. 
> 
> Is this what I have to do?

No. You have to get the swingWT source and add all classes/methods you 
still need. Internally you will work with SWT, but you simulate the 
AWT/Swing API to outside.
Change directly to SWT... It's easier...


>> I downloaded JMF and tried a little:
>> - It needs sun classes that are not yet in gcj. You
>> could add them manually.
> 
> Where do I put them? 
> Do I need to make changes to any of the gcj files to
> take acount of the files I add?

No. Put them in a jar and add the jar to your project in JavaCompiler.
This will work with most of the classes...


>> - The player window uses AWT or Swing, so I guess it
>> will be hard to get 
>> that working with swingWT. But you could try...
> 
> Fortunately I am not using the player window. 
> I just create an instance of the player bean object.

Even better...


Marco