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Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/2] Add java/io/Console class and java/lang/System.console() method

by Andrew Hughes-7 :: Rate this Message:

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On 21:14 Thu 05 Jan     , Pekka Enberg wrote:

> This patch implements java/io/Console and adds a console() method to
> java/lang/System. The implementation is lame but it works reasonably well.
>
> 2012-01-05  Pekka Enberg  <penberg@...>
>
> * java/io/Console:
> Add new class.
>
> * java/lang/System.java:
> (console): Add new Java 1.6 API method.
>
> * vm/reference/java/io/VMConsole:
> Add new class.
>
It would be good if the methods had documentation, but that could be added in a separate
patch.

The main thing is you say it works 'reasonably well' but I don't see how when there
is no implementation of the native method 'echo'.  I doubt this is too VM-dependent.
More OS dependent.  Look at the stuff under native/jni/java-io.

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