On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Lauri Pesonen <lauri.peso...@iki.fi> wrote: > Hi Fred, > > 2009/12/14 Frédéric Morain-Nicolier <f.nicol...@gmail.com>: >>> As far as I can tell, ImageJ isn't really suited for "headless" tasks, >>> which is what I want to do; I want to run some image processing in the >>> backend of a web app. I guess I'm going to try JAI first. >> >> Not sure to understand. By "headless" you mean without a human >> operator? ImageJ is perfectly suited for this. You can use it as an >> api which much more practical than JAI. > > Headless typically means that the application will not open any > windows and that you can run it without a windowing system present. > The idea is that you can run your app from a scheduled script, on a > server by logging on over SSH, or as part of a web application etc. > > IIRC Java AWT-based libraries require a windowing system on the > machine. On Windows this is not a big deal since you're always running > a windowing system, even on a server, but on linux where the windowing > system is an optional install it causes problems.
There's a system property (since jdk 1.4) named java.awt.headless (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/awt/AWTChanges.html#headless) that allows using AWT classes in server setting. -- Sergei -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
