Compiling JServ to binaries

[Joerg Brunsmann]

Konrad Ciborowski wrote:

>          public static void init(ClassLoader a)
>          {
>                 a.getSystemResource(new String("am"));
>          }
> }
> 
>      javac has no trouble compiling this one but gcj again returns:
> 
> Try.java: In method `init(java.lang.ClassLoader)':
> Try.java:6: Can't find method `getSystemResource(Ljava/lang/String;)' in
> class `
> java.lang.ClassLoader'.
>                 a.getSystemResource(new String("am"));
>                  ^
> 1 error
> 
>      The funny thing is that the ClassLoader.class file is the
> very same that was installed during the libgcj installation.
> Does this simply mean that gcj is not fully compliant with
> jdk 1.1 (getSystemResource is a jdk 1.1 method)? Or perhaps
> there is something else I am missing?

Perhaps you are using an older version of gcj? What does 

  $ gcj -v

spit out? What libgcj version you are using? Did you try to compile

  ClassLoader.getSystemResource(new String("am"))

Also you might want to have a look at:

  http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/java-discuss/1999-q4/msg00337.html

Jörg