On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 02:12, Dean Hiller wrote: > This question is to developers but I have copied the user list as many > users may want to know.... > > I have a question about the design of rmic. Looking at the code, it > uses base as the source and the destination for rmi generation, unlike > javac. Taking a look at rmic that came with jdk1.3(I don't have much > knowledge of previous rmic's), the source comes from the classpath, and the > -d option specifies the target, clearly allowing ant rmic task to have a > separate source and destination folder. My question is, why was the design > not done this way?? and is there plans to change it? or can I > > modify it, so that either base is required or dest and src is required(for > backwards compatibility). This way so that those that want to generate > their rmic from one location and place it somewhere else can(this is very > common as stubs get posted on web sites and the rest of the code doesn't > sometimes). thanks for any info you can provide, sounds like a fine patch as long as it can be kept backwards compatible by default. -- Cheers, Pete --------------------------------------------------- "It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities." -Josiah Stamp --------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: