Re: AW: [Jython-dev] Protected Java attributes in Python subclasses

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[Finn]

> (Perhaps we should consider adding a PythonInterpreter.initialize(..)
> method that just calls one of the PySystemState.initialize 
> methods. That
> way the initialization methods becomes more visible.)

[Arno Schmidmeier]

>I would suggest to add an additional constructor.
>PythonInterpreter(Properties,Properties,String [])

That might give the impression that you can create a new
PythonInterpreter which will use the new values. These values can only
be specified once, so I think it is better with a static method on
PythonInterpreter like this:

    /**
     * Initialize the jython runtime. This method should only be 
     * called once, and should be call before any other python objects
     * are created (including the creation of a PythonInterpreter).
     *
     * @param preProperties   A set of properties. Typically
     *                        System.getProperties() is used.
     * @param postProperties  An other set of properties. Values like
     *                        python.home, python.path and all other
     *                        values from the registry files can be
     *                        added to this property set. PostProperties
     *                        will override system properties and
     *                        registry properties.
     * @param argv            Command line argument. These values will 
     *                        assigned to sys.argv.
     */
    public static void initialize(Properties preProperties, 
                                  Properties postProperties,
                                  String[] argv) {
        PySystemState.initialize(preProperties, postProperties, argv);
    }

regards,
finn