[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41239] java_get/-set removed in dev (4.1.0+) w/o replacement for static fields

[Philip Nienhuis]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41239>

                 Summary: java_get/-set removed in dev (4.1.0+) w/o
replacement for static fields
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: philipnienhuis
            Submitted on: Wed 15 Jan 2014 06:20:55 PM CET
                Category: Libraries
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Philip Nienhuis
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

In Octave-4.1.0+ java_get(), java_set() and some other functions have been
removed cf. the deprecation schedule; however there is no replacement in place
yet for getting static field values of Java classes.

See also https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?12601

A while ago this was already brought up in the mailing list or in the bug
tracker, but I couldn't find it.

Slight annoyance is that this deprecation will render half of the Java-based
spreadsheet I/O in the io package non-functional until this has been fixed.
Example, code like:

ctype(1) = java_get ("org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell",
"CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC");


is vital for some functions but is broken in 4.1.0+. Same goes for code to
check for version number of certain Java class libs.

I assume that we'll first wait until 4.0 is released before this issue will
get attention, right? (after all 4.1.0+ is quite bleeding edge)
If so, status can be set to "postponed"





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