[patch] RFC: Netx plugins

[Joshua Sumali]

Francis Kung wrote:
> [...]
>
> I'm not opposed; I think the easiest way to do this would be to treat 
> netx (without NetxPanel and PluginBridge) as a binary plug, compile it 
> all during the build-plugs stage, and patch the OpenJDK make files to 
> import them during the OpenJDK build.  If we do this, it could be a 
> good opportunity to clean up the netx package names too, so they 
> follow "proper" conventions =)
I think this is a good idea -- I'll probably try to get this working 
soon. What do you exactly mean by "proper" conventions? :)
>
> Another possibility (which I don't have time to experiment with soon, 
> unfortunately) would be to have NetxPanel extend AppletPanel, instead 
> of AppletViewerPanel.  From a quick glance, that might eliminate 
> (some? all?) API changes at the cost of some code duplication...
I'll try to look into this eventually.
>
> Regards,
> Francis
Josh