Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Oracle Java license question Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 23:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 23:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="14821"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1//OzMeYcl9nE5RHx0AjeBBjH4b0MwQaiE=" User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:z3NHmMMzbo7BXKd5iWdb/1v5sqE= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:30940 On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:15:07 +0100, Sebastian wrote: > I would like to replace (not overload) all methods in a certain class > that have an int in their signature with analogous methods that have a > long, where some of those methods delegate to a private instance of a > nested class. No chance with O-O ways, I guess. > If you use the documentation to write your own version *without looking at the source* you should be fine. Have at it: the Wine people have been doing this for years. MS mightn't like it, but they can't stop it as long as the coder hasn't seen any of their source. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |