ACK! I'm trying to compile VisAD with the new JDK1.2. Apparently,
there are 2 releases of the JDK, a reference implementation and an
early release Production version for Solaris. Below are the differences
we have found between the two versions. The javax.swing import
statement won't work with the Production version, and I can't get a
clean compile with the reference version. I'm stuck! Anybody know
what is going on, at least with the Solaris version??
KathyLee Simunich
Argonne National Lab
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Reference Version -
same code on Windows and Solaris
no support from Sun
not JIT
not optimized
either javax.swing or com.sun.java.swing seem to work
not for release to users
no root permission needed to install
Production Version -
different code on two platforms
supported by Sun
JIT
optimized for Solaris
only com.sun.java.swing works <== problem with VisAD code
supposed to used in releases to users
root installs in /usr
