Details
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Bug
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Status: Resolved
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Minor
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Resolution: Won't Fix
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1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3
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Description
In this commit:
a static code has been added to load the native library to all classes having native methods.
This is superfluous. Please note that subclasses can provide a non-native implementation of these native methods. So having a native library is actually not mandatory.
There's a real problem with SVNKit, which provides a pure Java-based implementation of SVN protocol, that you cannot use it without having SVN binaries installed.
Please have a look at this bug report for SVNKit 1.9.x:
https://issues.tmatesoft.com/issue/SVNKIT-662
which actually should be fixed on SVN side...
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You have a permission scheme in your JIRA configured incorrectly as I cannot add comments. So let me answer your questions here:
(Please provide references to commits in the ASF Subversion repository. The thing on GitHub is just a read-only mirror and there's no reference to the original revision there.)
It's this change: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1525922
I added the static initialisers because otherwise those classes would not work correctly. Loading the native method implementations is not superfluous in any sense; JavaHL does not provide a mandatory initialisation method that could be used for loading the native library.
Branko, correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that JavaHL (https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/subversion/bindings/javahl/README) consists of high level Java API for Subversion and concrete, native, implementation of this API using core Subversion C API.
Until subversion 1.9.0 it was possible to use high level API in a way described in https://issues.tmatesoft.com/issue/SVNKIT-662 issue, without the need to have native libraries installed on the system. Since the cs:1525922 change though, those native libraries are required.
This causes issues in products like Atlassian FishEye, where SVNKit library is bundled and used out of the box as the Subversion JavaHL implementation. Seems like change introduced in subversion 1.9.0 would require us to bundle OS specific native libraries, just to check the JavaHL version in runtime. Seems like an overkill, especially knowing that in default configuration those binaries wouldn't be used anyway as SVNKit implementation will be used.
JavaHL does not provide a mandatory initialisation method that could be used for loading the native library.
I see your concern here, not sure if loading native libraries in every API class is the best solution to the problem. Perhaps a JavaDoc explaining the responsibility of the client to call NativeResources.loadNativeLibrary(); is sufficient?