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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/tools/README b/libjava/classpath/tools/README deleted file mode 100644 index dc049d3..0000000 --- a/libjava/classpath/tools/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -The GNU Classpath tools are stored in the tools.zip. They can be invoked by -putting this archive into classpath and specifying the tool main class as the -class to run (parameters usually follow). The current release contains the -following tools: - -== GIOP tools == - -GIOP tools are used for creating the applications that use GIOP communication -protocol. It provides necessary support for org.omg.* and javax.rmi.* -packages. - -All GIOP tools support the --help option, for instance: - java -cp tools.zip gnu.classpath.tools.giop.IorParser --help - -The list of the currently available GIOP tools (name matches the main -class in gnu.classpath.tools.giop package): - -* GRMIC - RMI-IIOP stub and tie generator. -* NameService - GIOP transient naming service (this tool is called - tnameserv in Sun's package). -* NameServicePersistent - - GIOP persistent naming service (this tool is called - orbd in Sun's package). -* IorParser - Parses the stringified form of the interoperable - object references (IOR's). - -== RMI tools == - -RMI tools provide support for java.rmi package. All tools support -the --help key by printing more information, for instance: - java -cp tools.zip gnu.classpath.tools.rmi.RMIC --help - -The list of the currently available RMI tools (name matches the main tool class -in gnu.classpath.tools.rmi package): - -* RMIC - RMI stub and tie source code generator (complements - the ASM based bytecode generator in the separate - cp-tools project). This tool is only needed for - research and backward-compatibile applications, as - Classpath supports the 1.5 feature to replace such - stubs by proxy classes. -* REGISTRY - The persistent RMI naming service. -* RMID - The persistent RMI activation daemon, supports the - java.rmi.activation package. - -== Security tools == - -Security tools (currently) are used for signing and verifying JAR files -as well as (planned) generating and managing cryptographic tokens and -credentials. - -The list of individual tools, the name of their main class that should be -invoked by the Java launcher, and a summary of what they provide follows: - -* jarsigner gnu.classpath.tools.jarsigner.Main - A drop-in replacement for the "jarsigner" tool. - - |