Name: krC82822 Date: 01/23/2001


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

We propose the introduction of a new command line parameter to idlj:

  -pkg <src_package> <dest_package>

which causes all occurrences of 'src_package' in the Java files generated
by idlj to be translated to 'dest_package'.

Currently idlj only supports package prefixing (option -pkgPrefix <t> <prefix>).

We have a project where the IDL files were written with Ada in mind as the
main target language, thus nested modules look like that:

    module DiagnosticsService {
        module PropulsionDiagnostics {
             interface ....


which results in the Java package

    DiagnosticsService.PropulsionDiagnostics.

Since we have been using Visibroker 3.3, which supports arbitrary package
name translation, we had the above package name translated to

    ch.paranor.diag.propulsion.

With the package prefixing currently supported by idlj this is not possible.
For various reasons, we would like to port our framework from Visibroker 3.3
to the native Java2 ORB (exorbitant licence fees and less-than-average tech
support by Inprise). Since we have customers using the framework, renaming
the existing packages is out of question.
(Review ID: 106690)
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