[eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] SWT port to Flex

[Steve Northover <Steve_Northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all!

One of the big issues when porting SWT
to a platform where Java isn't running is that Java isn't running.  For
the Flex port, a cross-compiler was written that converts Java to ActionScript,
but there's more than just syntax translation involved when running Java
without a JVM.  Java programs need a Java Class Library (JCL) to code
against.  For the Flex prototype, a small CLDC-like"Java Class
Library was written.  This was done to get off the ground but in the
long run, maintaining this JCL is not attractive.

For the SWT Dojo port, GWT was used
for both the cross-compiler and JCL.  Moving forward, I can see two
obvious candidates for a JCL for Flex: GWT or Harmony.  I believe
that the obvious approach (ie. use Sun's) isn't on the table for licensing
reasons.

I'm proposing that we (e4) investigate
GWT and Harmony.  Does anyone else have any other ideas?

Steve