Re: Newbie questions: javadoc, secure transport, ant & gcj, library build structure

[Brian Jones <cbj at gnu dot org>]

Paul Gear <paul@gear.dyndns.org> writes:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm working on a project using gcj 3.3.1 (on Red Hat Linux 9 using gcc
> 3.3.1 from Rawhide).  Hope these questions aren't too badly asked (in
> the ESR "how to ask questions" sense):
> 
> 1.  The manual and FAQ don't seem to reference any javadoc for the class
> libraries.  Does javadoc exist?  If so, could you please point me to the
> right place?

Classpath's javadoc is temporarily not available online.  We're trying
to fix this.

> 2.  What is the recommended approach for providing secure TCP
> connections in client/server applications?

A very recent post to the Classpath mailing list includes a patch
which provides enough functionality for a project providing SSL
(jessie?) to work.

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/classpath/2003-09/msg00001.html

> 3.  I have never used ant, but am told it is a much better tool than
> make for Java development.  Are there any pointers or working examples
> for using it with gcj?  (I currently use some rather ugly custom makefiles.)

I don't know if anyone has written a gcj backend for the javac task or
any other tasks.  Some custom gcj tasks are probably necessary.

-- 
Brian Jones <cbj@gnu.org>