GNU Classpath

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GNU Classpath is a set of essential libraries for supporting the Java language. Our goal is to provide a free replacement for Sun's proprietary class libraries so that the GNU system can run programs written in the Java language.

Classpath is licensed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License. As such, it can be used to run free as well as proprietary applications and applets.

Classpath is a work in progress. There have been no public releases; however, pre-release source code is available via GNU's anonymous CVS server, and a snapshot of the Classpath tree was released on 1999-02-06. CVSROOT is :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.gnu.org:/gd/gnu/anoncvsroot; Module is classpath. There is no password.

Announcements

• GNU Classpath Version 0.0 (1999-02-06)

Documentation

• GNU Classpath Hacker's Guide
• Virtual Machine Integration Guide

Mailing List

There is one general discussion list for Classpath. To subscribe, send a message with a subject of "subscribe" to <classpath-request@gnu.org>. To unsubscribe, send a message to the same address with a subject of "unsubscribe" to <classpath-request@gnu.org>. To send a message to the list, mail it to <classpath@gnu.org>. An archive of the list is available.

Status

We're aiming for GNU Classpath 1.0 to be fully compatible with Java 1.1 and largely compatible with Java 1.2. Detailed information on the current state of a package can be obtained by clicking on the appropriate link below.

• java.applet
• java.awt
• java.awt.datatransfer
• java.awt.event
• java.awt.image
• java.awt.peer
• java.beans
• java.beans.beancontext
• java.io
• java.lang
• java.lang.ref
• java.lang.reflect
• java.math
• java.net
• java.rmi
• java.rmi.dgc
• java.rmi.registry
• java.rmi.server
• java.security
• java.security.acl
• java.security.cert
• java.security.interfaces
• java.security.spec
• java.sql
• java.text
• java.util
• java.util.zip

Virtual Machines

The primary target for GNU Classpath is Japhar. Japhar-0.07 works out-of-the-box with GNU Classpath.

Porting Classpath to Kaffe should be rather trivial, but no one has started work on it. If you're interested in doing this work, please send us an email to <classpath@gnu.org>.

Please send FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to gnu@gnu.org. There are also other ways to contact the FSF.

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Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA

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Updated: 19 Nov 1999 corvus