Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of UseDirective

Timestamp:

07/29/13 11:12:00 (11 years ago)

Author:

hopscc

Comment:

--

UseDirective

@@ -6 +6 @@
 }}}
 
-Specify a namespace contents to make available to this module
+Specify a namespace whose contents are made available to this module.
 
 When using the first form if the compiler cannot immediately locate the namespace,[[BR]]
@@ -34 +34 @@
 
 == Platform ==
-For .Net 
-there are five implicit "use" directives at the top of a Cobra program:
+'''For .Net''':
+There are assumed five implicit "use" directives at the top of a Cobra program:
 {{{
 #!cobra
@@ -44 +44 @@
 use Cobra.Core
 }}}
-This gives default access to The core of the .Net objects and the cobra 
+This gives default access to the core of the .Net objects and the cobra 
 runtime Library, !CobraCore. 
 
@@ -63 +63 @@
 #!cobra
 use Foo.Bar 
-# On .Net will look for namespace in Foo.Bar.dll if not already available
+# On .Net will look for the namespace in file Foo.Bar.dll if it is not already available
 }}}
+
+'''For Java''':
+The namespace names specified refer to java package names (first (caps) letter downcased).
+
+Similarly the assumed implicit directives are 
+{{{
+use Java.Lang
+use Java.Io
+use Java.Util
+use Java.Text
+use Cobra.Core
+}}}
+which correspond to the most common core java library packages (i.e java.{lang,io,util,text}) and the (java ) cobra runtime library.
+(These core library packages are read from the standard java runtime system jarfile rt.jar).
+
+The <library-name> refers to a Java jar file (no .jar extension is expected or allowed).
+
+The jarfile name is the namespace with ".jar" appended searched for in the places given by the CLASSPATH env variable.
+
 
 == Examples ==
@@ -95 +114 @@
 
 In most cases this syntax means you dont need to specify the commandline
--reference switch 
+-reference switch to provide the filename for a referenced namespace.