Name: krC82822 Date: 07/24/2001


java version "1.4.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta-b65)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta-b65, mixed mode)

A Serializable class with a const final String in it causes problems for either rmic or idlj.
Here's the code:

import java.io.Serializable;

class Jim implements Serializable
{
public String theString;
public static final String aStringValue="SomeValue";
}

When I compile this using rmic -idl, I get
/**
 * Jim.idl
 * Generated by rmic -idl. Do not edit
 * 23 July 2001 14:31:12 IST
 */

#include "orb.idl"

#ifndef __Jim__
#define __Jim__



    valuetype Jim {
    
        const ::CORBA::WStringValue aStringValue = "SomeValue";
        public ::CORBA::WStringValue theString;
        factory create( );
    
    };

#pragma ID Jim "RMI:Jim:E71DCA816B6E87B9:E1BD9D52F23CAEFC"


#endif

If I then compile this using idlj, I get
C:\tmp\tmp>idlj -i D:\jdk1.4\lib\ Jim.idl
Jim.idl (line 16): The type of Jim/Jim is value box, but it should be primitive
 or string.
        const ::CORBA::WStringValue aStringValue = "SomeValue";
                                    ^
Jim.idl (line 16): The type of the constant expression is string, but it should
 be long.
        const ::CORBA::WStringValue aStringValue = "SomeValue";
                                                              ^


So either idlj is incorrectly complaining about perfectly good idl, or rmic -idl is incorrectly producing bad idl.

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24 Jul 2001, eval1127@eng -- with build 72 of merlin-beta (refresh), rmic -idl gives different output:

/**
 * Jim.idl
 * Generated by rmic -idl. Do not edit
 * Tuesday, July 24, 2001 4:59:15 PM PDT
 */

#include "orb.idl"

#ifndef __Jim__
#define __Jim__



    valuetype Jim {
    
        const wstring aStringValue = "SomeValue";
        public ::CORBA::WStringValue theString;
        factory create( );
    
    };

#pragma ID Jim "RMI:Jim:45A58CC6B180C396:E1BD9D52F23CAEFC"


#endif

-----------

Running idlj on this:

% idlj -i ${JAVA_HOME}/lib Jim.idl
Jim.idl (line 16): The type of the constant expression is string, but it should be wstring.
        const wstring aStringValue = "SomeValue";
                                                ^


(Review ID: 128622)
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###@###.### 2001-11-01

Fix verified ok
- With build: j2sdk-1_4_0-beta3-bin-b84-solsparc-20_oct_2001
- With test: ./tests/product/rmi-iiop/JavaToIdlMapping/ValueTypes/constants01/Test01.java
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