The J2EE server JOnAS 4.7.4, working with CAROL 2.2.7, crashes on startup
with the following exception:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun/rmi/registry/RegistryImpl
(see the filled in Carol bug report 305913 on ObjectWeb for the full stack trace).
This is a serious problem, binding JOnAS to the proprietary runtime. The sun.*
packages belong to the protected namespace. Even if we could provide the
alternative implementation (GNU Classpath has its own fully functional RMI
registry), we cannot place it into such package.
What exactly Carol needs from the Sun's registry implementation?
The alternative GNU Classpath class, gnu.java.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl,
seems rather simple. Probably the request of enhancement could be filled
in GNU Classpath bug database (http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/bugs.html),
describing the registry features you miss in the standard API. Then
the missing features are likely to be implemented after some time.
Best regards
Audrius
