Re: [Php-java-bridge-users] Classpath for external lib in JavaBridge app

[<php...@li...>]

Hi Hameed,


> I wanted to organize all my libraries properly instead of mixing in just one
> folder.

Java 7 may contain a module system. Until then please put all Java
libraries into *one* directory.

Please see our FAQ entries "Why has java_require() been deprecated?"
and "Why do I get a NoClassDefFoundError?" for details.

There were several Java module system (better: "package system")
proposals. The one I liked best was the system implemented by
rice.edu. An introduction is here:
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~javaplt/papers/sac2007.pdf

BTW: Kent Dybvik has shown that it is possible to implement a module
system using pure syntax. Since PHP doesn't have a REPL (its top-level
environments cannot be changed by user-interaction), it makes sense to
implement such a system in place of the current PHP "namespaces"
implementation, especially since PHP namespaces doesn't allow a
re-export of (aliased) bindings: it isn't possible to build a
"compound-namespace" (see "published interfaces" vs. "public
interfaces").


Regards,
Jost Bökemeier