2005-05-26 Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

	* Merge from HEAD --> generics for 2005/05/20 - 2005/05/26.

	2005-05-26  Andrew John Hughes  <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

	* gnu/java/net/protocol/http/HTTPURLConnection.java:
	(connect()): Reverted the removal of the exception
	with 404s.

	2005-05-26  Andrew John Hughes  <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

	* java/net/URI.java:
	(getURIGroup(String)): Correctly handle the difference
	between null and undefined optional values.
	(relativize(java.net.URI)): Corrected documentation.

	2005-05-26  Andrew John Hughes  <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

	* gnu/xml/transform/StreamSerializer.java:
	(serialize(org.w3c.dom.Node,java.io.OutputStream,
	boolean)): Add missing 'DOCTYPE' keyword to
	DocumentType node output.

	2005-05-26  Andrew John Hughes  <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

	* gnu/java/net/protocol/http/HTTPURLConnection.java:
	(connect()): Fixed a null pointer exception with 304
	responses and an inappropriate exception with 404s.
	* gnu/java/net/protocol/http/Request.java:
	(readResponse(java.io.LineInputStream)): Fixed a
	fruitless attempt to read the non-existant body
	of a 304 response.

	2005-05-25  Andrew John Hughes  <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

	* examples/Makefile.am:
	Fix command-line options for ecj.
	* lib/Makefile.am:
	Added a META-INF directory structure to glibj.zip.
	* resource/META-INF/services/javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory,
	resource/META-INF/services/javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory,
	resource/META-INF/services/javax.xml.parsers.TransformerFactory,
	resource/META-INF/services/org.xml.sax.driver:
	Properties for the XML facilities.

	2005-05-25  Thomas Fitzsimmons  <fitzsim@redhat.com>

	* java/awt/Component.java (enableInputMethods): Implement.

	2005-05-25  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/TRANSIENT.java (serialVersionUID): Added 1.4 SVUID.

	2005-05-25  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/ValueBaseHelper.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/ValueBaseHolder.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/portable/ValueBase.java: New files.
	* gnu/CORBA/gnuAny.java (insert_Value, extract_Value):
	Implemented methods.

	2005-05-25  Thomas Fitzsimmons  <fitzsim@redhat.com>

	* NEWS: Add entry describing GTK scrollbar peer change.
	* INSTALL: Bump GTK requirement to 2.6.x.

	2005-05-25  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/ORB.java (create_dyn_any, create_dyn_array,
	create_dyn_enum, create_dyn_sequence, create_dyn_struct,
	create_dyn_union, create_policy): Declaring they may throw an
	exceptions.
	* org/omg/CORBA/DefinitionKind.java: Making fields final and inherit
	from IDLEntity, Serializable.
	* org/omg/CORBA/IRObject.java: Inherit from
	org.omg.CORBA.Object, Serializable, IDLEntity.

	2005-05-25  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* gnu/CORBA/Connected_objects.java (cObject, getKey, add, get,
	entrySet, remove),
	* gnu/CORBA/Functional_ORB.java (portServer, getFreePort, connect,
	startService, destroy, disconnect, object_to_string, run, shutdown,
	find_connected_object, createIOR, finalize): Implemented
	listening on different ports for different objects.

	2005-05-25  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/AbstractButton.java:
	(constructor): Removed model creation.
	* javax/swing/JButton.java:
	(constructor): Added model creation.
	* javax/swing/JMenuItem.java:
	(init): Added model creation.

	2005-05-25  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JLayeredPane.java
	(static getLayer): Add cast to force a call to the instance method
	getLayer().
	(getLayeredPaneAbove): Added and implemented method.
	* javax/swing/JInternalFrame.java
	(getLayer): Add cast to force a call to the instance method
	getLayer() of JLayeredPane.

	2005-05-25  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicSplitPaneUI.java
	(paint): Added check to make sure the split pane divider has
	a valid location.

	2005-05-25  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>

	* native/jni/gtk-peer/gnu_java_awt_peer_gtk_GtkScrollBarPeer.c
	(connetJObject): Removed.

	2005-05-25  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>

	* java/util/Locale.java (getISOStrings):
	Re-implemented for locale properties files.

	2005-05-24  Thomas Fitzsimmons  <fitzsim@redhat.com>

	* native/jni/gtk-peer/gnu_java_awt_peer_gtk_GtkScrollBarPeer.c
	(connectSignals): Connect to new change-value signal.
	(post_change_event): Remove signal handler.
	(slider_moved_cb): New signal handler.
	* configure.ac: Require gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6.

	2005-05-24  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/portable/Delegate.java (equals): Compare parameters.

	2005-05-24  Gary Benson  <gbenson@redhat.com>

	* java/text/MessageFormat.java (MessageFormatElement.setLocale):
	Handle DateFormat.DEFAULT case correctly.

	2005-05-24  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>

	* java/util/regex/Pattern.java (split): Assign value of variable
	matched outside while statement.
	* gnu/regexp/RE.java (getCharUnit): Assign value of unit.bk variable
	outside if statement.
	* gnu/CORBA/bufferedResponseHandler.java (createReply): Assign values
	from static class type constants.
	* gnu/CORBA/IOR.java (_write_no_endian): Likewise.
	* gnu/CORBA/Functional_ORB.java (respond_to_client): Likewise.
	(serve): Likewise.

	2005-05-23  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>

	* lib/Makefile.am (FOUND_JIKES): Add +Pno-switchcheck.

	2005-05-23  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* gnu/CORBA/Asynchron.java: New file.
	* org/omg/CORBA/ORB.java (send_multiple_requests_oneway,
	send_multiple_requests_deferred, poll_next_response,
	get_next_response, perform_work, work_pending): New methods.
	* gnu/CORBA/gnuRequest.java (send_deferred, send_oneway):
	Launch the submission process in a separate thread.
	* org/omg/CORBA/portable/ObjectImpl.java (hashCode): Removing
	redundant method.
	* gnu/CORBA/Functional_ORB.java (send_multiple_requests_oneway,
	send_multiple_requests_deferred, poll_next_response,
	get_next_response, perform_work, work_pending): New methods.
	* gnu/CORBA/Restricted_ORB.java (send_multiple_requests_oneway,
	send_multiple_requests_deferred, poll_next_response,
	get_next_response, perform_work, work_pending): New methods.

	2005-05-23  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* doc/hacking.texinfo (Source Code Style Guide): Document UTF-8
	use.
	* lib/Makefile.am (GCJF): New variable.
	(JAVAC): Use it.  Add -encoding option where needed.

	2005-05-23  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/NameValuePair.java: Inherit from Serializable, IDLEntity.
	* org/omg/CORBA/SetOverrideType.java (constuctor): Making protected.
	* org/omg/CORBA/DynFixed.java (set_value): Declare it may throw an
	InvalidValue.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/text/JTextComponent.java
	(getPreferredScrollableViewportSize): Implemented this method.
	(getScrollableUnitIncrement): Implemented this method.
	(getScrollableBlockIncrement): Implemented this method.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JTextArea.java
	(getPreferredScrollableViewportSize): Added and implemented
	new method.
	(getScrollableUnitIncrement): Added and implemented new
	method.

	2005-05-23  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/DefinitionKind.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/IRObject.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/IRObjectOperations.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/IDLTypeOperations.java: New files.
	* org/omg/CORBA/IDLType.java: Inherit from IDLTypeOperations.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JLayeredPane.java
	(getLayer): Added and implemented new (static) method.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JFileChooser.java
	(constructor(String, FileSystemView)): Added constructor.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JViewport.java
	(createLayoutManager): Added and implemented new method.
	(constructor): Set the LayoutManager that is created by
	createLayoutManager().
	* javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicViewportUI.java
	(installUI): Removed setLayout(..). This is moved into
	the constructor of JViewport (as the API docs suggest).

	2005-05-23  Audrius Meskauskas  <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/ORB.java (create_context_list, create_basic_dyn_any,
	create_dyn_any, create_dyn_array,  create_dyn_enum,
	create_dyn_sequence, create_dyn_struct, create_dyn_union,
	create_policy, get_current): New
	methods.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JViewport.java:
	(ViewListener): Added and implemented inner class.
	(createViewListener): Added and implemented new method.
	(setView): Add and remove ViewListener to/from the view component.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/DefaultListSelectionModel.java
	(fireValueChanged(boolean)): Added and implemented this method.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/SwingUtilities.java:
	(getWindowAncestor): Added and implemented this method.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JFileChooser.java:
	Fixed the values of several public constant fields.

	2005-05-23  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* doc/www.gnu.org/tasks.wml: Improved text of the CORBA task.

	2005-05-23  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicLookAndFeel.java
	(initComponentDefaults): Uncommented code that has accidentally
	been commented out.

	2005-05-22  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/BoxLayout.java
	(maximumLayoutSize): Added checks for overflow. This is necessary
	because some components have maximumSize of Integer.MAX_VALUE,
	that would cause an overflow if summed up.

	2005-05-22  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/tree/TreePath.java
	(getParentPath): Return null if this path only has no parent.

	2005-05-22  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

        * javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicTextUI.java:
        (getMaximumSize): Fixed comment.

	2005-05-22  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/tree/TreePath.java:
	Reformatted this file in order to match our coding style.

	2005-05-22  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/ServerRequest.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/DynamicImplementation.java:
	New files.

	2005-05-22  Dalibor Topic  <robilad@kaffe.org>

	* gnu/java/security/provider/SHA1PRNG.java
	(SEED_SIZE, DATA_SIZE): new constants.  Use them instead of
	magic numbers.
	(SHA1PRNG) Added documentation.

	2005-05-22  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicTextUI.java
	(getMaximumSize): Implemented this method.

	2005-05-22  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* gnu/CORBA/cdrOutput.java (write_octet_array): Removing
	redundant loop.

	2005-05-22  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/ServiceInformation.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/ServiceInformationHelper.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/ServiceInformationHolder: New files.

	2005-05-22  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/ServiceDetail.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/ServiceDetailHelper.java,
	gnu/CORBA/ServiceDetailHolder.java: New files.

	2005-05-21  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* gnu/CORBA/ObjectCreator.java: Use gnu/CORBA namespace.

	2005-05-21  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* gnu/CORBA/universalHolder.java: New file.
	* gnu/CORBA/gnuAny.java (create_input_stream,
	read_value): Use the universalHolder.
	* gnu/CORBA/CDR/aligningInputStream.java
	(getBuffer): New method.

	2005-05-21  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	* java/lang/mprec.c (mult, lshift, b2d, d2b): Add parenthesis to
	avoid warnings.

	2005-05-21  Archie Cobbs  <archie@dellroad.org>

	* NEWS: document VM interface changes.
	* java/lang/ClassLoader.java: (vmdata): add
	* vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java: (getModifiers()): add
	new parameter ignoreInnerClassesAttrib
	* vm/reference/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java: (defineClass()): remove
	deprecated version (getPrimitiveClass(String)): remove
	(getPrimitiveClass(char)): make native (loadClass()): make native
	* vm/reference/java/lang/VMThread.java: (vmdata): add
	(countStackFrames()): make native
	* vm/reference/java/lang/VMThrowable.java: (vmdata): add
	(fillInStackTrace()): make native
	(getStackTrace()): make native
	* vm/reference/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java:
	(parameterTypes, exceptionTypes): remove
	(getParameterTypes(), getExceptionTypes()): make native

	2005-05-21  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>

	* resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_as.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_bg.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_cs.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_da.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_de.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_dz.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_en.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_en_GB.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_en_IE.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_en_SG.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_es.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_fa.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_fa_AF.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_fi.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_fr.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_ga.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_hi.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_it.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_ja.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_ko.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_mr.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_mt.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_nb.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_nl.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_ps.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_pt.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_sr.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_sr_Latn.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_sv.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_sw.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_ta.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_uz_AF.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_zh.properties,
	resource/gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_zh_Hant.properties:
	Regenerated with newer gnu.localegen to fix newline bug.

	2005-05-21  Andrew John Hughes  <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

	* java/text/DateFormatSymbols.java:
	(getStringArray(java.util.ResourceBundle,String)):
	Fixed parsing of new property files.
	(getZoneStrings(java.util.ResourceBundle)):
	Likewise.

	2005-05-21  Dalibor Topic  <robilad@kaffe.org>

        * native/jni/gtk-peer/gnu_java_awt_peer_gtk_GdkPixbufDecoder.c
        (area_updated): Delete jpixels reference after use to avoid wasting references.

	2005-05-20  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>
	* doc/www.gnu.org/tasks.wml: Adding CORBA task.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* java/awt/DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:
	Documentation fixes.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/text/JTextComponent.java
	(CaretBlinkTimer): Added inner class to make caret blinking.
	(constructor): Create one instance of CaretBlinkTimer.
	(setEditable): Switch caret on and off depending on the editable
	property.
	(setCare): Register caret with the CaretBlinkTimer.
	* javax/swing/text/DefaultCaret.java:
	Set a good blink rate of 500ms.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JEditorPane.java:
	(processComponentKeyEvent): Removed this method. This blocks
	key events from beeing delivered and is not in the API.
	(processKeyEvent): Removed this method. This blocks
	key events from beeing delivered and is not in the API.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* java/awt/DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java
	(processKeyEvent): Properly swallow KEY_TYPED events after
	a KEY_PRESSED event for a focusTraversalKey has been received.
	Otherwise the focusTraversalKey (e.g. a TAB) would end up
	beeing delivered to the focused component.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* java/awt/Component.java
	(dispatchEventImpl): Let MouseEvents trigger a focus change
	on lightweight components.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JTextField.java
	(constructor): Set default value for the horizontalAlignment
	property.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.java
	(setButtonIcons): Added checks for null references.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/JProgressBar.java
	(paintBorder): Check if border is null before trying to paint it.
	* javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicProgressBarUI.java
	(paint): Don't paint the border here. This would lead to the border
	beeing painted twice.

	2005-05-20  Roman Kennke  <roman@kennke.org>

	* javax/swing/SwingUtilities.java
	(convertPoint): Check for visibility of source and destination
	before calling convertPointToScreen or convertPointFromScreen.

	2005-05-20  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/SetOverrideType.java (_ADD_OVERRIDE, _SET_OVERRIDE),
	org/omg/CORBA/CompletionStatus.java
	(_COMPLETED_YES, _COMPLETED_NO, _COMPLETED_MAYBE): Making public.
	* org/omg/CORBA/ValueMember.java: Inherit from
	org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity.

	2005-05-20  Audrius Meskauskas, <AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org>

	* org/omg/CORBA/portable/ApplicationException.java,
	org/omg/CORBA/portable/RemarshalException.java:
	Adding serialVersionUID.
	*org/omg/CORBA/portable/OutputStream.java(write_Context):
	Making concrete.
	org/omg/CORBA/portable/ServantObject.java (servant):
	Fixing typo in the field name.

	2005-05-20  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>

	* scripts/generate-locale-list.sh:
	Use the new locale properties files.

	2005-05-20  Robert Schuster  <thebohemian@gmx.net>

	* javax/swing/SizeRequirements.java: Removed two non-UTF8 chars.

5 files changed, 21 insertions, 125 deletions

diff --git a/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java b/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java
index 2d46da132..e94299204 100644
--- a/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java
+++ b/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java
@@ -193,12 +193,7 @@ final class VMClass
    * @see Modifer
    * @since 1.1
    */
-  static int getModifiers(Class klass, boolean ignoreInnerClassesAttrib)
-  {
-    return getModifiers(klass);
-  }
-
-  private static native int getModifiers(Class klass);
+  static native int getModifiers(Class klass, boolean ignoreInnerClassesAttrib);
 
   /**
    * If this is a nested or inner class, return the class that declared it.
diff --git a/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java b/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java
index 203cc062d..fbfae9a6f 100644
--- a/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java
+++ b/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java
@@ -66,30 +66,6 @@ final class VMClassLoader
   /**
    * Helper to define a class using a string of bytes. This assumes that
    * the security checks have already been performed, if necessary.
-   * <strong>This method will be removed in a future version of GNU
-   * Classpath</strong>.
-   *
-   * @param name the name to give the class, or null if unknown
-   * @param data the data representing the classfile, in classfile format
-   * @param offset the offset into the data where the classfile starts
-   * @param len the length of the classfile data in the array
-   * @return the class that was defined
-   * @throws ClassFormatError if data is not in proper classfile format
-   * @deprecated Implement
-   * {@link #defineClass(ClassLoader, String, byte[], int, int, ProtectionDomain)}
-   *   instead.
-   */
-  static final native Class defineClass(ClassLoader cl, String name,
-                                        byte[] data, int offset, int len)
-    throws ClassFormatError;
-
-  /**
-   * Helper to define a class using a string of bytes. This assumes that
-   * the security checks have already been performed, if necessary.
-   *
-   * <strong>For backward compatibility, this just ignores the protection
-   * domain; that is the wrong behavior, and you should directly implement
-   * this method natively if you can.</strong>
    *
    * Implementations of this method are advised to consider the
    * situation where user code modifies the byte array after it has
@@ -105,13 +81,10 @@ final class VMClassLoader
    * @return the class that was defined
    * @throws ClassFormatError if data is not in proper classfile format
    */
-  static final Class defineClass(ClassLoader cl, String name,
+  static final native Class defineClass(ClassLoader cl, String name,
                                  byte[] data, int offset, int len,
                                  ProtectionDomain pd)
-    throws ClassFormatError
-  {
-    return defineClass(cl, name, data, offset, len);
-  }
+    throws ClassFormatError;
 
   /**
    * Helper to resolve all references to other classes from this class.
@@ -123,19 +96,14 @@ final class VMClassLoader
   /**
    * Helper to load a class from the bootstrap class loader.
    *
-   * XXX - Not implemented; this requires native help.
-   *
    * @param name the class name to load
    * @param resolve whether to resolve it
    * @return the class, loaded by the bootstrap classloader or null
    * if the class wasn't found. Returning null is equivalent to throwing
    * a ClassNotFoundException (but a possible performance optimization).
    */
-  static final Class loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
-    throws ClassNotFoundException
-  {
-    return null;
-  }
+  static final native Class loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
+    throws ClassNotFoundException;
 
   /**
    * Helper to load a resource from the bootstrap class loader.
@@ -262,66 +230,10 @@ final class VMClassLoader
    * <li>'V' - void</li>
    * </ul>
    *
-   * Note that this is currently a java version that converts the type code
-   * to a string and calls the native <code>getPrimitiveClass(String)</code>
-   * method for backwards compatibility with VMs that used old versions of
-   * GNU Classpath. Please replace this method with a native method
-   * <code>final static native Class getPrimitiveClass(char type);</code>
-   * if your VM supports it. <strong>The java version of this method and
-   * the String version of this method will disappear in a future version
-   * of GNU Classpath</strong>.
-   *
-   * @param type the primitive type
-   * @return a "bogus" class representing the primitive type
-   */
-  static final Class getPrimitiveClass(char type)
-  {
-    String t;
-    switch (type)
-      {
-      case 'Z':
-        t = "boolean";
-        break;
-      case 'B':
-        t = "byte";
-        break;
-      case 'C':
-        t = "char";
-        break;
-      case 'D':
-        t = "double";
-        break;
-      case 'F':
-        t = "float";
-        break;
-      case 'I':
-        t = "int";
-        break;
-      case 'J':
-        t = "long";
-        break;
-      case 'S':
-        t = "short";
-        break;
-      case 'V':
-        t = "void";
-        break;
-      default:
-        throw new NoClassDefFoundError("Invalid type specifier: " + type);
-      }
-    return getPrimitiveClass(t);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Old version of the interface, added here for backwards compatibility.
-   * Called by the java version of getPrimitiveClass(char) when no native
-   * version of that method is available.
-   * <strong>This method will be removed in a future version of GNU
-   * Classpath</strong>.
    * @param type the primitive type
    * @return a "bogus" class representing the primitive type
    */
-  static final native Class getPrimitiveClass(String type);
+  static final native Class getPrimitiveClass(char type);
 
   /**
    * The system default for assertion status. This is used for all system
diff --git a/vm/reference/java/lang/VMThread.java b/vm/reference/java/lang/VMThread.java
index 25401041a..dccf8bb84 100644
--- a/vm/reference/java/lang/VMThread.java
+++ b/vm/reference/java/lang/VMThread.java
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ final class VMThread
     private volatile boolean running;
 
     /**
+     * VM private data.
+     */
+    private transient Object vmdata;
+
+    /**
      * Private constructor, create VMThreads with the static create method.
      *
      * @param thread The Thread object that was just created.
@@ -221,10 +226,7 @@ final class VMThread
      *
      * @deprecated unsafe operation
      */
-    int countStackFrames()
-    {
-	return 0;
-    }
+    native int countStackFrames();
 
     /**
      * Wait the specified amount of time for the Thread in question to die.
diff --git a/vm/reference/java/lang/VMThrowable.java b/vm/reference/java/lang/VMThrowable.java
index beaf4147e..2a1a6fb88 100644
--- a/vm/reference/java/lang/VMThrowable.java
+++ b/vm/reference/java/lang/VMThrowable.java
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ package java.lang;
 final class VMThrowable
 {
   /**
+   * VM private data.
+   */
+  private transient Object vmdata;
+
+  /**
    * Private contructor, create VMThrowables with fillInStackTrace();
    */
   private VMThrowable() { }
@@ -63,10 +68,7 @@ final class VMThrowable
    * @return a new VMThrowable containing the current execution stack trace.
    * @see Throwable#fillInStackTrace()
    */
-  static VMThrowable fillInStackTrace(Throwable t)
-  {
-    return null;
-  }
+  static native VMThrowable fillInStackTrace(Throwable t);
 
   /**
    * Returns an <code>StackTraceElement</code> array based on the execution
@@ -76,8 +78,5 @@ final class VMThrowable
    * @return a non-null but possible zero length array of StackTraceElement.
    * @see Throwable#getStackTrace()
    */
-  StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace(Throwable t)
-  {
-    return new StackTraceElement[0];
-  }
+  native StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace(Throwable t);
 }
diff --git a/vm/reference/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java b/vm/reference/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
index 40d40714d..e2c5e65a0 100644
--- a/vm/reference/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
+++ b/vm/reference/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ public final class Constructor<T>
 {
   private Class<T> clazz;
   private int slot;
-  private Class[] parameterTypes;
-  private Class[] exceptionTypes;
   
   /**
    * This class is uninstantiable except from native code.
@@ -130,12 +128,7 @@ public final class Constructor<T>
    *
    * @return a list of the types of the constructor's parameters
    */
-  public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes()
-  {
-    if (parameterTypes == null)
-      return new Class[0];
-    return parameterTypes;
-  }
+  public native Class<?>[] getParameterTypes();
 
   /**
    * Get the exception types this constructor says it throws, in no particular
@@ -144,12 +137,7 @@ public final class Constructor<T>
    *
    * @return a list of the types in the constructor's throws clause
    */
-  public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes()
-  {
-    if (exceptionTypes == null)
-      return new Class[0];
-    return exceptionTypes;
-  }
+  public native Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes();
 
   /**
    * Compare two objects to see if they are semantically equivalent.