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   1Java(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.03
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   3
   4Linux beats them ALL! While all other OS's are TALKING about direct
   5support of Java Binaries in the OS, Linux is doing it!
   6
   7You can execute Java applications and Java Applets just like any
   8other program after you have done the following:
   9
  101) You MUST FIRST install the Java Developers Kit for Linux.
  11   The Java on Linux HOWTO gives the details on getting and
  12   installing this. This HOWTO can be found at:
  13
  14        ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Java-HOWTO
  15
  16   You should also set up a reasonable CLASSPATH environment
  17   variable to use Java applications that make use of any
  18   nonstandard classes (not included in the same directory
  19   as the application itself).
  20
  212) You have to compile BINFMT_MISC either as a module or into
  22   the kernel (``CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC``) and set it up properly.
  23   If you choose to compile it as a module, you will have
  24   to insert it manually with modprobe/insmod, as kmod
  25   cannot easily be supported with binfmt_misc.
  26   Read the file 'binfmt_misc.txt' in this directory to know
  27   more about the configuration process.
  28
  293) Add the following configuration items to binfmt_misc
  30   (you should really have read ``binfmt_misc.txt`` now):
  31   support for Java applications::
  32
  33     ':Java:M::\xca\xfe\xba\xbe::/usr/local/bin/javawrapper:'
  34
  35   support for executable Jar files::
  36
  37     ':ExecutableJAR:E::jar::/usr/local/bin/jarwrapper:'
  38
  39   support for Java Applets::
  40
  41     ':Applet:E::html::/usr/bin/appletviewer:'
  42
  43   or the following, if you want to be more selective::
  44
  45     ':Applet:M::<!--applet::/usr/bin/appletviewer:'
  46
  47   Of course you have to fix the path names. The path/file names given in this
  48   document match the Debian 2.1 system. (i.e. jdk installed in ``/usr``,
  49   custom wrappers from this document in ``/usr/local``)
  50
  51   Note, that for the more selective applet support you have to modify
  52   existing html-files to contain ``<!--applet-->`` in the first line
  53   (``<`` has to be the first character!) to let this work!
  54
  55   For the compiled Java programs you need a wrapper script like the
  56   following (this is because Java is broken in case of the filename
  57   handling), again fix the path names, both in the script and in the
  58   above given configuration string.
  59
  60   You, too, need the little program after the script. Compile like::
  61
  62        gcc -O2 -o javaclassname javaclassname.c
  63
  64   and stick it to ``/usr/local/bin``.
  65
  66   Both the javawrapper shellscript and the javaclassname program
  67   were supplied by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>.
  68
  69Javawrapper shell script:
  70
  71.. code-block:: sh
  72
  73  #!/bin/bash
  74  # /usr/local/bin/javawrapper - the wrapper for binfmt_misc/java
  75
  76  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  77        exec 1>&2
  78        echo Usage: $0 class-file
  79        exit 1
  80  fi
  81
  82  CLASS=$1
  83  FQCLASS=`/usr/local/bin/javaclassname $1`
  84  FQCLASSN=`echo $FQCLASS | sed -e 's/^.*\.\([^.]*\)$/\1/'`
  85  FQCLASSP=`echo $FQCLASS | sed -e 's-\.-/-g' -e 's-^[^/]*$--' -e 's-/[^/]*$--'`
  86
  87  # for example:
  88  # CLASS=Test.class
  89  # FQCLASS=foo.bar.Test
  90  # FQCLASSN=Test
  91  # FQCLASSP=foo/bar
  92
  93  unset CLASSBASE
  94
  95  declare -i LINKLEVEL=0
  96
  97  while :; do
  98        if [ "`basename $CLASS .class`" == "$FQCLASSN" ]; then
  99                # See if this directory works straight off
 100                cd -L `dirname $CLASS`
 101                CLASSDIR=$PWD
 102                cd $OLDPWD
 103                if echo $CLASSDIR | grep -q "$FQCLASSP$"; then
 104                        CLASSBASE=`echo $CLASSDIR | sed -e "s.$FQCLASSP$.."`
 105                        break;
 106                fi
 107                # Try dereferencing the directory name
 108                cd -P `dirname $CLASS`
 109                CLASSDIR=$PWD
 110                cd $OLDPWD
 111                if echo $CLASSDIR | grep -q "$FQCLASSP$"; then
 112                        CLASSBASE=`echo $CLASSDIR | sed -e "s.$FQCLASSP$.."`
 113                        break;
 114                fi
 115                # If no other possible filename exists
 116                if [ ! -L $CLASS ]; then
 117                        exec 1>&2
 118                        echo $0:
 119                        echo "  $CLASS should be in a" \
 120                             "directory tree called $FQCLASSP"
 121                        exit 1
 122                fi
 123        fi
 124        if [ ! -L $CLASS ]; then break; fi
 125        # Go down one more level of symbolic links
 126        let LINKLEVEL+=1
 127        if [ $LINKLEVEL -gt 5 ]; then
 128                exec 1>&2
 129                echo $0:
 130                echo "  Too many symbolic links encountered"
 131                exit 1
 132        fi
 133        CLASS=`ls --color=no -l $CLASS | sed -e 's/^.* \([^ ]*\)$/\1/'`
 134  done
 135
 136  if [ -z "$CLASSBASE" ]; then
 137        if [ -z "$FQCLASSP" ]; then
 138                GOODNAME=$FQCLASSN.class
 139        else
 140                GOODNAME=$FQCLASSP/$FQCLASSN.class
 141        fi
 142        exec 1>&2
 143        echo $0:
 144        echo "  $FQCLASS should be in a file called $GOODNAME"
 145        exit 1
 146  fi
 147
 148  if ! echo $CLASSPATH | grep -q "^\(.*:\)*$CLASSBASE\(:.*\)*"; then
 149        # class is not in CLASSPATH, so prepend dir of class to CLASSPATH
 150        if [ -z "${CLASSPATH}" ] ; then
 151                export CLASSPATH=$CLASSBASE
 152        else
 153                export CLASSPATH=$CLASSBASE:$CLASSPATH
 154        fi
 155  fi
 156
 157  shift
 158  /usr/bin/java $FQCLASS "$@"
 159
 160javaclassname.c:
 161
 162.. code-block:: c
 163
 164  /* javaclassname.c
 165   *
 166   * Extracts the class name from a Java class file; intended for use in a Java
 167   * wrapper of the type supported by the binfmt_misc option in the Linux kernel.
 168   *
 169   * Copyright (C) 1999 Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>.
 170   *
 171   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 172   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 173   * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 174   * (at your option) any later version.
 175   *
 176   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 177   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 178   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 179   * GNU General Public License for more details.
 180   *
 181   * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 182   * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 183   * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 184   */
 185
 186  #include <stdlib.h>
 187  #include <stdio.h>
 188  #include <stdarg.h>
 189  #include <sys/types.h>
 190
 191  /* From Sun's Java VM Specification, as tag entries in the constant pool. */
 192
 193  #define CP_UTF8 1
 194  #define CP_INTEGER 3
 195  #define CP_FLOAT 4
 196  #define CP_LONG 5
 197  #define CP_DOUBLE 6
 198  #define CP_CLASS 7
 199  #define CP_STRING 8
 200  #define CP_FIELDREF 9
 201  #define CP_METHODREF 10
 202  #define CP_INTERFACEMETHODREF 11
 203  #define CP_NAMEANDTYPE 12
 204  #define CP_METHODHANDLE 15
 205  #define CP_METHODTYPE 16
 206  #define CP_INVOKEDYNAMIC 18
 207
 208  /* Define some commonly used error messages */
 209
 210  #define seek_error() error("%s: Cannot seek\n", program)
 211  #define corrupt_error() error("%s: Class file corrupt\n", program)
 212  #define eof_error() error("%s: Unexpected end of file\n", program)
 213  #define utf8_error() error("%s: Only ASCII 1-255 supported\n", program);
 214
 215  char *program;
 216
 217  long *pool;
 218
 219  u_int8_t read_8(FILE *classfile);
 220  u_int16_t read_16(FILE *classfile);
 221  void skip_constant(FILE *classfile, u_int16_t *cur);
 222  void error(const char *format, ...);
 223  int main(int argc, char **argv);
 224
 225  /* Reads in an unsigned 8-bit integer. */
 226  u_int8_t read_8(FILE *classfile)
 227  {
 228        int b = fgetc(classfile);
 229        if(b == EOF)
 230                eof_error();
 231        return (u_int8_t)b;
 232  }
 233
 234  /* Reads in an unsigned 16-bit integer. */
 235  u_int16_t read_16(FILE *classfile)
 236  {
 237        int b1, b2;
 238        b1 = fgetc(classfile);
 239        if(b1 == EOF)
 240                eof_error();
 241        b2 = fgetc(classfile);
 242        if(b2 == EOF)
 243                eof_error();
 244        return (u_int16_t)((b1 << 8) | b2);
 245  }
 246
 247  /* Reads in a value from the constant pool. */
 248  void skip_constant(FILE *classfile, u_int16_t *cur)
 249  {
 250        u_int16_t len;
 251        int seekerr = 1;
 252        pool[*cur] = ftell(classfile);
 253        switch(read_8(classfile))
 254        {
 255        case CP_UTF8:
 256                len = read_16(classfile);
 257                seekerr = fseek(classfile, len, SEEK_CUR);
 258                break;
 259        case CP_CLASS:
 260        case CP_STRING:
 261        case CP_METHODTYPE:
 262                seekerr = fseek(classfile, 2, SEEK_CUR);
 263                break;
 264        case CP_METHODHANDLE:
 265                seekerr = fseek(classfile, 3, SEEK_CUR);
 266                break;
 267        case CP_INTEGER:
 268        case CP_FLOAT:
 269        case CP_FIELDREF:
 270        case CP_METHODREF:
 271        case CP_INTERFACEMETHODREF:
 272        case CP_NAMEANDTYPE:
 273        case CP_INVOKEDYNAMIC:
 274                seekerr = fseek(classfile, 4, SEEK_CUR);
 275                break;
 276        case CP_LONG:
 277        case CP_DOUBLE:
 278                seekerr = fseek(classfile, 8, SEEK_CUR);
 279                ++(*cur);
 280                break;
 281        default:
 282                corrupt_error();
 283        }
 284        if(seekerr)
 285                seek_error();
 286  }
 287
 288  void error(const char *format, ...)
 289  {
 290        va_list ap;
 291        va_start(ap, format);
 292        vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
 293        va_end(ap);
 294        exit(1);
 295  }
 296
 297  int main(int argc, char **argv)
 298  {
 299        FILE *classfile;
 300        u_int16_t cp_count, i, this_class, classinfo_ptr;
 301        u_int8_t length;
 302
 303        program = argv[0];
 304
 305        if(!argv[1])
 306                error("%s: Missing input file\n", program);
 307        classfile = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
 308        if(!classfile)
 309                error("%s: Error opening %s\n", program, argv[1]);
 310
 311        if(fseek(classfile, 8, SEEK_SET))  /* skip magic and version numbers */
 312                seek_error();
 313        cp_count = read_16(classfile);
 314        pool = calloc(cp_count, sizeof(long));
 315        if(!pool)
 316                error("%s: Out of memory for constant pool\n", program);
 317
 318        for(i = 1; i < cp_count; ++i)
 319                skip_constant(classfile, &i);
 320        if(fseek(classfile, 2, SEEK_CUR))       /* skip access flags */
 321                seek_error();
 322
 323        this_class = read_16(classfile);
 324        if(this_class < 1 || this_class >= cp_count)
 325                corrupt_error();
 326        if(!pool[this_class] || pool[this_class] == -1)
 327                corrupt_error();
 328        if(fseek(classfile, pool[this_class] + 1, SEEK_SET))
 329                seek_error();
 330
 331        classinfo_ptr = read_16(classfile);
 332        if(classinfo_ptr < 1 || classinfo_ptr >= cp_count)
 333                corrupt_error();
 334        if(!pool[classinfo_ptr] || pool[classinfo_ptr] == -1)
 335                corrupt_error();
 336        if(fseek(classfile, pool[classinfo_ptr] + 1, SEEK_SET))
 337                seek_error();
 338
 339        length = read_16(classfile);
 340        for(i = 0; i < length; ++i)
 341        {
 342                u_int8_t x = read_8(classfile);
 343                if((x & 0x80) || !x)
 344                {
 345                        if((x & 0xE0) == 0xC0)
 346                        {
 347                                u_int8_t y = read_8(classfile);
 348                                if((y & 0xC0) == 0x80)
 349                                {
 350                                        int c = ((x & 0x1f) << 6) + (y & 0x3f);
 351                                        if(c) putchar(c);
 352                                        else utf8_error();
 353                                }
 354                                else utf8_error();
 355                        }
 356                        else utf8_error();
 357                }
 358                else if(x == '/') putchar('.');
 359                else putchar(x);
 360        }
 361        putchar('\n');
 362        free(pool);
 363        fclose(classfile);
 364        return 0;
 365  }
 366
 367jarwrapper::
 368
 369  #!/bin/bash
 370  # /usr/local/java/bin/jarwrapper - the wrapper for binfmt_misc/jar
 371
 372  java -jar $1
 373
 374
 375Now simply ``chmod +x`` the ``.class``, ``.jar`` and/or ``.html`` files you
 376want to execute.
 377
 378To add a Java program to your path best put a symbolic link to the main
 379.class file into /usr/bin (or another place you like) omitting the .class
 380extension. The directory containing the original .class file will be
 381added to your CLASSPATH during execution.
 382
 383
 384To test your new setup, enter in the following simple Java app, and name
 385it "HelloWorld.java":
 386
 387.. code-block:: java
 388
 389        class HelloWorld {
 390                public static void main(String args[]) {
 391                        System.out.println("Hello World!");
 392                }
 393        }
 394
 395Now compile the application with::
 396
 397        javac HelloWorld.java
 398
 399Set the executable permissions of the binary file, with::
 400
 401        chmod 755 HelloWorld.class
 402
 403And then execute it::
 404
 405        ./HelloWorld.class
 406
 407
 408To execute Java Jar files, simple chmod the ``*.jar`` files to include
 409the execution bit, then just do::
 410
 411       ./Application.jar
 412
 413
 414To execute Java Applets, simple chmod the ``*.html`` files to include
 415the execution bit, then just do::
 416
 417        ./Applet.html
 418
 419
 420originally by Brian A. Lantz, brian@lantz.com
 421heavily edited for binfmt_misc by Richard Günther
 422new scripts by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>
 423added executable Jar file support by Kurt Huwig <kurt@iku-netz.de>
 424