272345 - Grendel doesn't compile on Java 1.4

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Grendel Graveyard :: User Interface, defect, P1)

Description

[R.J. Keller]

Grendel does not compile on Java 1.5. Primary reasons are JAXP 1.3 (almost
rewritten from 1.1) and that grendel uses a lot of reserved words as variable names.

Since the XML parsers need to be rewritten, I'm planning on using a XUL parser I
wrote awhile ago for the new XML stuff. Currently got grendel compiled and
working with it. It uses DTD files instead of properties files (which is much
better IMO). Hoping to move some other items to using XUL.

Currently, I'd be surprised if grendel compiled on Java 1.3. Some classes appear
to be missing. Hopefully I'll be able to fix the holes along with making it compile.

Comment 1

[R.J. Keller]

Attachment: Patch - don't use reserved words

This patch is a very low-risk patch that only changes variable names so that
they don't use Java 1.5 and Java 1.4 reserved words. This should allow Grendel
to compile on Java 1.4 but not quite enough for Java 1.5.

It actually makes the number of Java 1.5 error messages very small so this is a
huge improvement.

Comment 2

[R.J. Keller]

Just confirmed that Grendel doesn't compile on Java 1.4 either, so expanding bug
to cover that.

Comment 3

[R.J. Keller]

Fix checked in.