Re: [dsdp-mtj-dev] Preverification support on MTJ

[Craig Setera <craigjunk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My understanding is that while the concepts are the same between ME  
and SE, that the actual code attributes that are generated are  
different.  It may be close and we may be able to "fudge", but for  
now, I don't think it is going to work for us.  The other piece of  
that puzzle is that a lot of the devices don't like code that is  
compiled beyond version 1.2 of Java... Thus, switching to Java 6 isn't  
going to fly in that regard.

Craig

On May 12, 2008, at 10:56 PM, Hildum Eric-XFQ473 wrote:

> I have recently heard that the Java 6 compiler contains the capability
> to build preverfied code directly through compile time switches. I am
> not sure if this capability may help us. If this capability is also
> built into the Eclipse Java compiler, then we may be able to sidestep
> the preverifier completely. That would clear the way for Mac and Linux
> support in MTJ.
>
>
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> Eric,
>
> Sorry for not getting a response back on this for a while.  Part of it
> is that I've been busy and part was that I was doing a bit of
> experimenting.
>
> On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Hildum Eric-XFQ473 wrote:
>
> > I have two questions for multiplatform support:
> >
> > 1. Is it just the preverifier that is the issue, or are there other
> > components we need to worry about as well?
>
> Given projects like MPowerPlayer and microemu, Mac has basic emulation
> functionality.  These emulators are limited in their JSR support, but
> are probably "good enough" for now.  The problem does tend to be with
> the preverifier.
>
> > 2. Should we ask Sun if the existing PhoneME preverifier can also be
> > released as EPL code within MTJ?
>
> You can ask, but my guess is that they will say that it is already
> "open source".  The problem is that it is GPL.
>
> > My thought is we must have Windows, Linux, and Mac support in MTJ,
> > the real question is the best way to get there (fast).....
>
> I agree.  I did some experimentation and found that building the
> preverifier from source for the Mac was not terribly difficult.  This
> might be a reasonable starting point... I can always provide it as a
> download for people to avoid EPL licensing issues with the GPL code.
> To make user of this, it would be necessary to allow an arbitrary
> external preverifier to be associated with mpowerplayer and microemu
> projects.  This is not supported by the EclipseME code on which MTJ is
> based.  The best thing we could do would be to allow the user to
> choose an external preverifier or the built-in preverifier for *any*
> device.
>
> In terms of the built-in preverifier, I had a quick look at ASM 3.0 in
> the process of doing something else for work.  It appears there are
> actually some better API's in there that could be used to "fix up" the
> current implementation.  Unfortunately, that may not be doable in the
> short term.
>
> In summary... I think there are some reasonable options for Mac, but
> one of them is going to force the user through more hoops and the
> other requires more work on MTJ part.
>
> Craig
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