Java and C++

[Todd Hill Miller]

I'm looking for a way to use Java code in conjuction with a C++ program. Is
there any good method for doing this (other than issuing a call to system() or
forking a new process)?

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-Todd Miller (tomi...@cc.gatech.edu)

[Ivan Brusic]

Todd Hill Miller <tomi...@cc.gatech.edu> wrote:

> I'm looking for a way to use Java code in conjuction with a C++ program. Is
> there any good method for doing this (other than issuing a call to system() or
> forking a new process)?

Just to understand better: do you want to call Java code from C++ or
vicevera?

Calling C++ code from Java is doable (but not easy) using JNI, but calling
Java from C++ is quite hard. The latter requires you starting up a Java
VM and sending code to it. Just look at any Java browser plug-in spec to
see the gory details.

Ivan

[nick alamout black]

Todd Hill Miller consulted the pineal gland and uttered:

> I'm looking for a way to use Java code in conjuction with a C++ program. Is
> there any good method for doing this (other than issuing a call to system() or
> forking a new process)?

last time i did this, it involved java.util.Observable and a lot of
cursing when i realized garbage collection made it that a reference to a
java object might spontaneously disappear from the heap. if you feel
strong, mix a tall one and look at the white paper on javaworld:

www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip17.html

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