Java Patches: -fno-org-xml-sax and -fno-org-w3c-dom

[Jeff Sturm]

On 30 Nov 2002, Anthony Green wrote:
> We recently discussed moving org.xml.sax and org.w3c.dom into their own
> shared libraries, and adding a compiler flag to turn off linking them in
> by default.  After some reflection it seems like a single flag isn't
> really a good idea.  The -fno-jaxp idea isn't really workable as jaxp
> will change over time.  The scheme implemented below seems flexible
> enough...

What would be the harm in _not_ linking these libraries by default?

With this patch, I either have to alter all my makefiles, or accept that
each binary I link requires two new DSOs.

Alternatively, if -l-org-xml-sax and -l-org-w3c-dom aren't linked
automatically, existing binaries are unaffected and no front-end changes
are required.  Those who need the libraries can just add the linker flags
(or use xerces).

In any case I think breaking org.xml and org.w3c out of libgcj.so is a
great idea.

> + org/xml/sax/helpers/NewInstance.java \

BTW this class doesn't appear to be in the tree.

Jeff