Sun Microsystems 2 Quick Start Examples

APPENDIX A

Quick Start Examples

This appendix provides a simple example of each of the SigTesttool commands that

you can run quickly to become familiar with them. It contains these sections:

■Example Setup Command

■Example SignatureTest Command

■Example SetupAndTest Command

■Merge Examples

Note – These examples are meant to be run in sequential order with the commands

usingoutput created by the previous example. The entire sequence can be completed

in less than an hour if the required Java SE 5.0 platform runtime environment is

already installed.

Example Setup Command

The following procedure illustrates using the Setup command to create a signature

file.

Note – The example command lines in this appendix use the UNIX system syntax

with a backspace character (\) to break long command lines.

Contents

Main Please Recycle Contents Page Page Page Tables Page Code Examples Page Preface Note Who Should Use This Guide Before YouRead This Guide How This Guide Is Organized Related Documentation Typographic Conventions Sun Welcomes Your Comments Page Introduction Signature TestBasics Note What is Tested Mutual Binary Compatibility Check Mutual Source Compatibility Check Class and Class Member Attributes Checked Source and Binary Compatibility Modes Using Custom Signature Loaders Note Using the Signature Test Tool Signature TestTool Basics Reflection and Static Run Modes Note Constant Checking in Differing Run Modes Generics Checking in Binary Mode CLASSPATH and -classpath Settings Bootstrap and Extension Classes Signature File Merge Rules JSR 68-Based Merge Merge Command Operative Principles Element Handling by Merge Page Setup Command Page Case Sensitivity of Command Arguments Signature File Formats Signature File Contents Note Signature File Header Signature File Body Note Page SignatureTest Command Note Page Page Running a Signature Test With the JavaTest Harness Report Formats Sorted Report Unsorted Report SetupAndTest Command Merge Command Page Quick Start Examples Note Example Setup Command Note Running the Setup Command Note example in Running SignatureTest Withoutthe JavaTest Harness on page 32. Example SignatureTest Command Running SignatureTest Without the JavaTest Harness Note Example SetupAndTest Command Running the SetupAndTest Command Page Merge Examples Running Merge Examples Page Page Example Result Files Page Page Page Index C G J M