Problems compiling Log4jME

[David Vrabel <dv207 at hermes dot cam dot ac dot uk>]

Hi,

I encountered two bugs trying to compile Log4jME (http://qos.ch/) with GCJ
3.0.

1. If an abstract class (AppenderSkeleton) implements an interface
(Appender) abstract methods not explictly declared (in AppenderSkeleton)
are not synthesized (as abstract methods).

eg. (not tested)

A.java:
interface A {
    public void f();
}

B.java
public abtract class B {
    public void g() {
        f();
    }
}

Won't compile as f() can't be found.  But if B.java is

public abstract class B {
    public void g() {
        f();
    }

    public abstract void f();
}

it works fine.

2. This one's a bit freaky.  Priority.java will cause gcj to eat all
memory and die.

Removing the code
      ...
      switch(val) {
      case ALL_INT: return ALL;
      case DEBUG_INT: return DEBUG;
      case INFO_INT: return INFO;
      case WARN_INT: return WARN;
      case ERROR_INT: return ERROR;
      case FATAL_INT: return FATAL;
      case OFF_INT: return OFF;
      default: return defaultPriority;
      }
      ...
and replacing it with
      if( val == ALL_INT ) return ALL;
      ... etc.
Results in the file compiling fine.

Sorry about the lack of test case.  But I'm leaving this job to go back to
university on Friday and I haven't got time to put together a test case.

David Vrabel