Java the next generation, 5000 Euro Reward
From: Bernhard Fastenrath (Bernhard.Fastenrath_at_arcor.de)
Date: 03/11/04
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:01:22 +0100
Java the next generation
Some ideas for a next generation Java:
Java the next generation
Some ideas for a next generation Java:- Java device driver
- This would be a new flavor of Java designed for the use in ROM-abled device drivers. Have a look at jnode.sourceforge.net if you think that's not possible.
- Multithreaded Java Desktop
- The single-threaded model of Swing is okay for a single application. If you want to run several applications in a single desktop applicaton Isolates (Java 1.5) aren't really the solution. You need a Desktop that can run each Application on its own Swing thread but in a common JDesktopPane, for example.
- POSIX
- I suggest a javax.posix package that offers all of the missing (and often needed) functionality of a posix subsystem. Even windows is POSIX compliant to a certain degree.
- java.io, java.nio cleanup
- I think this is a bit of a mess. There are some other areas of Java which are in need of a garbage collection but java.io/java.nio would certainly require some improvements, even if backward compatiblity would be broken.
- SDL AWT
- An implementation of AWT on top of the SDL library would be a very good idea for desktop applications and games.
- JavaCard
- The JavaCard specification could be extended to include a profil for USB memory sticks. I think memory sticks are a much more useful and commonplace token to attach to your computer than a SmartCard. (just a thought: A 5-digit input device in the form of a combination lock on the memory stick would be a secure input device to enter a PIN :-)
- Improved Exception handling
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Exception handling could be improved by allowing lists of exceptions for the
same catch block (e.g.:
try {...} catch (Ex-A, Ex-B, Ex-C) {...}) and another bit of syntactic candy would be to catch Exceptions thrown in the exception handling code without an additional try-catch block but a specialized catch clause (e.g.:try {...} catch (Ex-A) {...} failsafe {...}). I think this would make it easier to enforce certain rules for exceptions in exception handling code. Entering a failsafe block could, for example, always be considered a programming error while exception handling can be both, the normal flow of control or a programming error. - Import-as
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The import statement could allow to rename a class for local use. If you have
two classes with the same name in different packages you have to uuse the fully
qualified name to address the second class. An import-as statement would allow
to use a different classname which doesn't have to be fully qualified:
import java.sql.Date as SqlDate. - Installation
- An installation API (javax.install) could be an interface to the system's package management system and allow to install Java programs in a way the local package management understands and solve JAR versioning and classpath problems at the same time just by enforcing a certain set of rules.
- A lightweight message passing API
- Something like MessagePort would be nice: A standardized way to send an event to another thread. This is quite useful, especially for Swing programming but using invokeLater() and normal events is only about half the thing it could be.
5000 Euro Reward
I offer a reward of 5000 Euro if anybody tells me how a streetgame(International Money Game) manipulates the people around the player.
I'm currently trapped in something like that and somebody manipulates
everybody I meet and radio or TV programs I watch or listen to.
http://www.fastenrath.net/, http://slashdot.org/~fastenrath/
Bernhard Fastenrath
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