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On: Getting the files into Eclipse: steb (Post); "shadowbq, glad you find steb useful! Ruby client looks cool...but..."

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On: J2ME-style Location API on BUG (Post); "wwward, based on tests I'd say "yes" but I'm not..."

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On: Modular Java == Buildable Java (Post); "Hi Alex, Yes, for Java application modularity OSGi works..."

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On: Getting the files into Eclipse: steb (Post); "PrzemekM, that is a great idea! I am working on..."

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J2ME-style Location API on BUG

Recently while wrangling with an internal project that required some basic location functionality, I became pretty intimate with the BUG location API. While the basics of retrieving location information from the GPS device is pretty straightforward using the existing API, other use cases are not so easy. Additionally, the API seems to leak more NMEA complexity that is really necessary. So, I decided to make it better. This is when I discovered openlapi, a FOSS...

Modular Java == Buildable Java

I started out today with a simple goal; "Let's build OpenJDK for OMAP this morning." I said to myself. So I begin with a fresh build tree, pulling in the build recipes bit by bit. I start to see unresolved depencency issues. "No problem, I know where to get that." I mutter under my breath. Then I hit another, and another. "Rhino? Really?!" I mutter as my mood darkens. "SNOBOL-native?!"* In fact over an hour...