GNU Classpath Status

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java.applet

Maintainer: Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>

This package is done, but untested. We still need an appletviewer.

java.awt

Maintainers: James E. Blair <corvus@gnu.org>, Paul N. Fisher <rao@gnu.org>, Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>

The AWT classes have been almost completely written by Aaron while Paul is finishing up the GTK+ peer implementation. Integration between the two will definitely begin once the peers are done.

java.awt.image

Maintainer: Paul N. Fisher <rao@gnu.org>

Initial image code is coming along nicely. We currently support loading of XBMs. All the image framework has been written, and if anyone is interested in writing Java decoders for PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, or any other image format, please contact me.

java.beans

Maintainer: John Keiser <shalom@gnu.org>

1.1-complete. 1.2 support commenced; java.beans.beancontext in particular. Introspection is about 1 1/2 - 2 times slower than Sun's JDK because it is a bit too strict in how it figures things out. It basically does two loops where it is possible to do one.

java.io

Maintainer: Geoff Berry <gcb@cs.duke.edu>
Component: Serialization

Full Java 1.1 implementation complete. Mostly complete Java 1.2 implementation.

Maintainer: Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
Component: All the rest

Full Java 1.2 implementation complete.

java.lang

Maintainer: John Keiser <shalom@gnu.org>
Component: VM Interface

1.1-complete. A little shuffling will commence now that the first release is out. Look for 1.2 support as soon as we have Security.

Maintainers: Paul N. Fisher <rao@gnu.org>, Brian Jones <cbj@gnu.org>, John Keiser <shalom@gnu.org>, Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
Component: All the Rest

Mostly 1.2-complete in most non-VM-specific areas, including Character and String.

java.math

Maintainer: Paul N. Fisher <rao@gnu.org>

With the exception of BigInteger (int, int, Random), java.math is fully Java 1.2 compliant. Implementation depends upon gmp.

java.net

Maintainer: Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>

Mostly Java 1.2 implementation complete. Missing JarURLConnection and URLClassLoader. Included are protocol handlers for the "http" and "file" protocol, and a "text/plain" content handler. More need to be written, however. Note also that the HTTP protocol handler only supports the "GET" request method.

java.rmi

Maintainer: Matt Welsh <mdw@cs.berkeley.edu>

Matt Welsh is writing a free replacement for the java.rmi packages using a modified version of NinjaRMI. The modified NinjaRMI will not be a part of GNU Classpath, but for convenience, we will distribute a copy of NinjaRMI will the Classpath distribution.

java.security

Maintainer: Mark Benvenuto<mcb54@columbia.edu>

All done for 1.1, but not tested and not fully integrated with the rest of Classpath and Japhar.

java.sql

Maintainer: Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>

Full Java 1.2 implementation complete.

java.text

Maintainers: Wes Biggs <wbiggs@la.usweb.com>, Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>

Collation classes are mostly complete; however, they're untested.

java.util

Maintainer: Stuart Ballard <stuart.ballard@mcmail.com>
Component: Collections

Full Java 1.2 implementation complete.

Maintainer: Various
Component: All the rest

Most of java.util has been implemented by various contributors. It's pretty much Java 1.2 compliant.

java.util.zip

Maintainer: Loren Peace <peace@donut.ml.org>

Almost complete.

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