[Mapserver-users] java mapscript getPoints is already defined error

[Merlos]

Wiki modified

I have never created a patch, so I what I did was explain how to avoid the 
compilation problem.

I have edited a little the howto, not it uses headings and HTML. I've added a 
simple example. 

Take a look to it. 

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?JavaMapScriptHowTo


Regards. Juan.

On Thursday 10 June 2004 08:51, Umberto Nicoletti wrote:
> Could you please add a patch file to the wiki?
>
> Thanks,
> Umberto
>
> On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 21:20, Merlos wrote:
> > I also had that problem when compiling java mapscript for mapserver 4.2
> >
> > If you compare original java files with patched java files you will see
> > that it only removes the redundant functions. The problem is that in C++
> > you can return different classes in two methods that have the same name
> > and arguments, but in java it is not possible.
> >
> > So what I did to overtake this error was edit symbolObj.java nd on line
> > 207 removed this line:
> >
> >   public lineObj getPoints() {
> >
> > And added:
> >
> >   public lineObj getPoints(boolean lala) {
> >        if (lala==true) {}
> >
> >
> > At least it compiled. And could finish all the stuff following the steps
> > of the howto.
> >
> >
> > Regards. Juan.
> >
> >
> > I suppose it would be a good idea add it to the wiki.
> >
> > On Wednesday 09 June 2004 18:27, gabriel hunter wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm new to mapserver, I tried to compile java mapscript but I can't go
> > > any further without some help.
> > >
> > > I followed the JavaMapScriptHowTo, but executing
> > >
> > > javac edu/umn/gis/mapscript/*.java
> > >
> > > without patching, gives an error about functions already defined:
> > >
> > > setExtension and setMimetype in file outputFormatObj.java
> > > getPoints in file symbolObj.java
> > >
> > > and an "attempting to use incompatible return type" on function clone
> > > in file mapObj.java.
> > >
> > > when I apply the patch I can see that change are made to files
> > > outpuFormatObj.java and mapObj.java, but no changes are made to
> > > symbolObj.java
> > >
> > > so I compiled again and get:
> > >
> > > symbolObj.java:207: getPoints() is already defined
> > >
> > > I'm using mapserver 4.2, gdal 1.2.0b, gd 2.0.20, swig 1.3.21 on
> > > slackware 9.1
> > >
> > > What can I do?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Gabriel Hunter
> > >
> > >
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