newbie JVM architecture question
843811Nov 11 2004 — edited Jul 29 2008 Hi, wondering if anyone could clear this up for me:
JSR 209 calls for migration of some api's from j2se to j2me.
As far as i'm aware (and i'm VERY new to this area so correct me if im wrong) in order to complete such a migration there is a need for a rebuild of the JVM (of KVM depending on whcich configuration you decide on)with the new (stripped) classes. My question is why?
How or WHY does the architecture of the JVM require this???
Why does the virtual machine need to be rebuilt when migrating classes?? my knowledge of the architecture is of the JVM is very limited. i am only beging to study this, and this concept confuses me.
can (for example) the swing API simply not be used as any other external package (for example) in a JAR file???
Any help is much appreciated
Danny Borwne