Re: [tcljava-dev] Patch: java::import -classpath -resolve

[Mo D. <md...@un...>]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 22:07:41 -0600
Tom Poindexter <tpo...@ny...> wrote:

> Here's a patch to java::import that adds -classpath and -resolve options.
> The -classpath option specifies a specific classpath and/or jar files from
> which to load the classes being imported.  The -resolve passes the
> 'resolve' flag to the class loader (see docs for 
> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass() ).

I must admit, I don't like the idea of adding a -classpath option to the
import command. The java::import command is meant to act like the
import statement in Java, in that it allows using a short name for
a class instead of the fully qualified name.

What is wrong with setting the CLASSPATH or the TCL_CLASSPATH env
var before running the java::import command?

I also don't see how this -resolve flag fits in with the functionality
of the import command. In what situation would one want to
pass this -resolve flag, and in what situation would one not want
it passed? Why would we want to expose this feature at the script
level?

I read over the JDK docs but they were not very clear on exactly what
the resolve really does. It seems one needs to read the JVM book to
find out what "the class is linked" means.

Mo