Hi Scott,
>
> I can help you with the CPAN account for sure. Web over to
> http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html and read all about PAUSE (The
Perl
> Authors Upload Server). It can take 3 or 4 weeks for your request to be
> processed.
>
> I may be able to help you test on an ActiveState platform as well.
>
> I have a few questions. 1) Where does the InlineJavaServer daemon run?
> Locally or on some server? Does it start and stop as needed or is it
> something that needs to run all the time?
The server is run locally on a configurable port (default is 7890).
Inline::Java starts it when it
loads the Java code and stops it (at least it does it's best to...) when the
Perl scritp exits. Currently
if you hava many Inline::Java sections, one server will start for each
section (incrementing the port number:
7890, 7891, 7892, ...).
When I have the time I'll look at Inline 0.32 and see how the Global stuff
is implemented.
>
> 2) How do you deal with casting in Java? For example (and not a very
good
> one): What if I have a Java method (writeMeABook) that returns a generic
> object called book. But I need the setAntagonist() method only contained
> in an object called novel (novel is a subtype of book). In Java I could
do
> this:
>
> novel n = (novel) writeMeABook();
> n.setAntagonist("John Doe");
>
> to cast the book returned by the method to the specific subtype I need,
> novel. My confusion arises when trying to do a similar sort of thing from
> Perl.
>
> $n = writeMeABook() # returns a book object
> $n->setAntagonist("John Doe") # fails because $n is a book and
> not a novel
>
> How do I cast $n to a novel without explicitly writing a Java method that
> does casting? Is this clear as mud?
>
I must admit that I have not though of this casting business yet. I suppose
a solution
like this might work, but I'm not sure:
$n = writeMeABook() # returns a book object
novel->__cast($n) ;
# this would rebless $n as a novel object, therefore allowing you to access
the novel methods.
# But then on the Java side the object created should in fact be a novel,
since you're
# trying to cast it as such, so the call should work
$n->setAntagonist("John Doe") # fails because $n is a book and
Let me know what you think...
I'll try to find the time to work out an example...
> I ask because I am wrestling with this issue in the JPL stuff I am doing
> right now. Short of writing a Java method for each cast that I want to
do,
> I have no answer.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott.
>
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> M. Scott Roth,
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> Information Systems Engineer
> Science Applications International Corporation
> 703-375-2260
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>
Cheers,
Patrick
