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Re: jazzlib in Classpath
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Etienne M. Gagnon |
Subject: |
Re: jazzlib in Classpath |
Date: |
Wed, 5 Sep 2001 08:44:08 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.3.20i |
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:19:07AM -0400, Brian Jones wrote:
> ... It seems like a VM that wants to read .zip/.jar files for
> the core classes will need to implement some native capability itself
> which is tied to a classloader rather than rely on jazzlib, correct?
It all depends on what you call "core classes". Assuming a VM can somehow
load an initial set of "bottstrap classes" (which obviously includes
jazzlib classes), then it can load the remaining of classes (including
"core" java.*.* classes) out of .jar files using jazzlib.
Etienne
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