Platform-specific Details: Using the updateAWT Script

Here's an example of using the updateAWT script to help convert a 1.0 AWT program to the 1.1 API. The example shows the commands you might enter at a shell prompt on a UNIX system.

1. Run the script:

   % cp MyClass.java OldMyClass.java
   % updateAWT MyClass.java > tmp.java
   

2. Check the changes to make sure nothing obviously bad happened. For example, on a UNIX system, you might execute the following command:

   % diff MyClass.java tmp.java
   

3. After confirming that the changes look OK, save the new version of the program:

   % mv tmp.java MyClass.java
   

4. Try recompiling the program to make sure that the script didn't incorrectly convert a method name. Be sure to use a 1.1 compiler.

   % javac MyClass.java
   

   You might still get a few deprecation warnings, but you shouldn't get any compile errors.

5. If the program doesn't compile, you probably have to undo a change the script made. See Simple Name Changes for help.