From owner-freebsd-java Fri Mar 1 1:39:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C71737B400 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 01:39:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <1Z1F8DPJ>; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:39:36 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA3CD@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: 'Mike Murphree' Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ugrade from linux-jdk to native Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:39:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Mike, > > > > Good question. Is there any reason to use native jdk instead > > > of the new version of the linux jdk? > > > > > For most things it isn't. You'll need native for doing JNI > > stuff. Everything else works fine in the Linux JDK's. > > Along these lines, I have a Java program that works on both Windows > and Linux which uses libraries to perform serial I/O and I would > like to get it operating under FreeBSD. Is this not possible under > the Linux emulation or do I need a native JDK to make it work? > There is a JavaComm port or somesuch. Isn't that a library to conduct serial I/O from Java? It might have ports to all the platforms you need. Kees Jan ===================================================== You can't have everything. Where would you put it? [Steven Wright] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message