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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/tools/README b/libjava/classpath/tools/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dc049d3b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/libjava/classpath/tools/README @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +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. + + |