On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 02:59:12PM -0500, Patrick LeBoutillier wrote:
> Hi Scott (and all),
>
> Work on Inline::Java is coming along slowly but surely. I now can create
> objects and call their methods, with all kinds of parameters except arrays
> (I want to think a bit more about that one).
>
Fantastisch. (Pardon my Deutsch)
> The way inline Java works is as inlined earlier:
>
> - Compile the Java code
> - Extract the public methods from the classes
> - Bind them to Perl
> - Then an InlineJavaServer (basically a daemon) is started, and te Perl
> script connects to it to send requests (create_object, call_method, ...).
> The Java objects really reside in the Java program. Perl only has "pointers"
> to these objects.
>
Sounds right.
> I am currently working on documentation/comments/code cleanup for the 0.01
> release, which should be ready in about a week.
>
> I have a few points I need help with:
> 1) I need to get a CPAN login in order to put my code there. How do I go
> about doing this?
http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html#registering
> 2) I have some concerns about portability.
> - I use fork and exec to spawn the Java runtime.
> - I play with the PATH and CLASSPATH variables, and I'm not sure the
> separators ":" are portable.
> - I have some makefile stuff (for compiling the Java code ) that
> might not run on Windows. I don't have an ActivePerl distribution set up, so
> I might need some help making the code runnable on Windows.
>
> I also don't have a place to make my code available by FTP, so I'll have to
> post it here for those interested.
> As soon as the documentation is more appropriate, I'll post a tar of my
> stuff for those interested.
Neil Watkiss can host it for you.
Neil could you please help Patrick offline. Danke.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Patrick LeBoutillier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:18 PM
> Subject: Inline::Java
>
>
> >
> > Patrick,
> >
> > I have been following -- with great interest -- your discussion about
> > Inline::Java. I would like to be kept abreast of your developement and
> > could be available to test for you if you are interested. I am currently
> > beta testing a HUGE Java/Perl module using JPL and would love to convert
> > it all over to Inline::Java.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Scott.
> >
> > ====================================================
> > M. Scott Roth,
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Information Systems Engineer
> > Science Applications International Corporation
> > 703-375-2260
> > ========================<><=========================
> >
> >
> >
