On 19/04/2018 16:57, Axel Wilke wrote: > I have two questions concerning GCJ. I'm using GCJ build 3.4 for > MinGW from http://www.thisiscool.com/gcc_mingw.htm . > > 1. My aim is to create a native windows dll file from java code. > Compiling to an executable and running the .exe works fine. Creating > a dll file seems to compile the code (file size grows with more code) > but no function can be called when trying to run a first test using > rundll32.exe (error screen: entry doesn't exist). The Tool "DLL > Export Viewer" shows an empty function list. I assume that its a > linker problem(?) - is there any special workflow or build script for > compiling java code to a dll file so that functions from the java > code can be called from the dll file (e.g. via rundll32.exe)? > Searching the net for a solution did not help yet. > > 2. It's known that the libgcj.dll grows the file size of compiled > code for reasons of providing java functionality in native windows > format. Is there any source or documented workflow for getting builds > of the libgcj.dll with reduced file size because of integrating less > functionality? I have an use case in which some java functionality > (e.g. swing/awt) is not needed and low memory usage would be > desirable. > > I really appreciate any help you can provide. Hello, Disclaimer: I'm just a regular user. First of all, note that the 3.4 branch has not been supported for ages (it was released 14 years ago). On top of that, GCJ development had become stagnant, so it was dropped from GCC altogether about two years ago (thus, GCJ is no longer included since GCC 7). I'm not sure what the alternatives are though :-( IcedTea? (Not sure about native code) Random links "GCJ - past, present, and future" (in 2005) https://lwn.net/Articles/130796/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_for_Java https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/programming-compilers/895971-gcc-might-finally-drop-the-gnu-compiler-for-java-gcj
