Re: Problem building Javaconnect

Antonio Sorrentini wrote:

> f:/mozilla_sources/sources_from_cvs/mozilla/extensions/java/xpcom/src/../nsJavaInterfaces.cpp: 
> In function `_jobject* 
> Java_org_mozilla_xpcom_internal_XPCOMImpl_newLocalFile(JNIEnv*, 
> _jobject*, _jstring*, jboolean)':
> f:/mozilla_sources/sources_from_cvs/mozilla/extensions/java/xpcom/src/../nsJavaInterfaces.cpp:210: 
> error: invalid conversion from `const jchar*' to `const PRUnichar*'
> f:/mozilla_sources/sources_from_cvs/mozilla/extensions/java/xpcom/src/../nsJavaInterfaces.cpp:216: 
> error: no matching function for call to 
> `JNIEnv_::ReleaseStringChars(_jstring*&, const PRUnichar*&)'
> C:/Programmi/Java/jdk1.5.0_05/include/jni.h:1574: note: candidates 
> are: void JNIEnv_::ReleaseStringChars(_jstring*, const jchar*) <near 
> match>

Unlike our other build systems, MinGW likes to distinguish between our 
various 16-bit char types. If you look through the JavaScript source 
you'll notice a sprinkling of casts to work around the issue, but I 
guess Javaconnect either isn't supported or just won't work with MinGW.

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