The problem is obviously the patch for https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456546
The intention here was to be able to pass any Scriptable implementations to methods with a Scriptable or ScriptableObject argument, but of course it also applies to methods taking a java.lang.Object argument. I'll attach a new patch soon. Hannes On 18 Mrz., 19:24, Norris Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 18, 10:56 am, Hannes Wallnoefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just got this from a Helma user: The following worked with Rhino > > 1.7R1: > > > Rhino 1.7 release 1 2008 03 06 > > js> var sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(); > > js> sdf.format(new Date()); > > 18.03.09 18:50 > > > however the 1.7R2 release candidates throw an exception: > > > Rhino 1.7 release 2 2009 01 16 > > js> var sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(); > > js> sdf.format(new Date()); > > js: "<stdin>", line 3: The choice of Java constructor format matching > > JavaScript argument types (object) is ambiguous; candidate > > constructors are: > > class java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object) > > class java.lang.String format(java.util.Date) > > at <stdin>:3 > > > I'll look into it later this evening. Can we wait a little longer with > > 1.7R2 until we've figured this out? > > > Hannes > > Yes, we can wait. Let me know what you find out. > > --N _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-rhino mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-rhino
