From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,682ae92778078e66,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-02 19:24:10 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!router1.news.adelphia.net!news1.news.adelphia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Terry Westley" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: JGNAT: java strings converted to Ada have 'first = 0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <_Ww46.64$4n5.2562@news1.news.adelphia.net> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 03:23:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.49.118.65 X-Complaints-To: abuse@adelphia.net X-Trace: news1.news.adelphia.net 978492218 24.49.118.65 (Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:23:38 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:23:38 EST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3601 Date: 2001-01-03T03:23:38+00:00 List-Id: In using JGNAT, I find that when I convert Java.Lang.String.Ref to an Ada string, it's 'first is 0! This really causes havoc (constraint_error) in some situations. I don't see anything in the JGNAT user guide about this. Perhaps I'm converting them incorrectly... procedure To_String (JStr : in Java.Lang.String.Ref) return String is use Java.Lang.String; JStr_Access : Java.Lang.String.String_Access; begin -- To_String if JStr = null then return ""; end if; JStr_Access := +JStr; return JStr_Access.all; end To_String; -- Terry Westley twestley@acm.org Learn about TASH, an Ada binding to Tcl/Tk at http://www.adatcl.com