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Canterbury Oberon-2 for Java.

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Canterbury Oberon-2 for Java is an Oberon to Jave converter. The Oberon implementations follows the Oakwood Guidelines.

To use Canterbury Oberon-2 for Java, you need a fully pre-installed Java development kit.

Access

A time limited evaluation copy is available from Mill Hill & Canterbury Corporation, Ltd..

Usage

Windows 32, OS/2 or UNIX

To use Canterbury Oberon-2 with Windows 32, OS/2 or UNIX, follow the installation instructions on the Canterbury home page.

MacOS

To use Canterbury Oberon-2 with MacOS, install the Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) environment. You can download the most recent version of MRJ (version 2.0 or better) for the Apple Java Web page. To run Canterbury Oberon-2 in this environment, use Apple's JBindery which is included in MRJ or Metrowerk's Code Warrior.

Set the class paths in JBindary. Make sure you have added all relevant path directories. If in doubt, add all directories and subdirectories in the mhc distribution, and add the file obn.zip. Unfortunately JBindary shows only the trailing name component. Make sure you include the paths in appropriate order, as in this example:
1. runtime/obn
2. obn/samples/slides
3. obn/samples/helloworld

Set a preferred output path. Since the console window is closed automatically, you may want to keep a log file (e.g. mhc.log) and append output to this log file.
Enter the command mhc.obn and store these settings. The stored settings can be used as a convenient re-entry point.

Make sure the source path (working path) is in the class path list. Add it, if not.
Add the compiler parameters (e.g. "Slides -m") as optional parameters and run JBindary
Inspect the output log. If you are happy, use your preferred Java compiler to compile the generated Java source code. With Metrowerks, you need to inlude the MHC runtime modules in your project first.

Additional hints for MRJ/JBindary

There is no CLASSPATH in JBindary. Instead, JBindary always adds the default library to the search list.
When running under JBindary, the apllication path is set to that of JBindary, not the application launched by JBindary.
If you need long file names longer than 31 characters, you can bypass the MacOS limitationes by storing the files in a .zip or .jar archive.