On 4/13/07, Bruce Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 4/12/07, Guillaume Nodet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, I don' t really see how to plug a C++ SCA module into a Java > container. > AFAIU SCA defines multi language container, but this does not mean that you > can deploy those modules on a container which does not support this > language. > What I mean is that I don't see a C++ SCA module being deployed on a Java > container. Yeah I'm not sure about the best way to achieve this yet. Options I'm aware of include JNI (yuck, never again!), sockets (not bad, certainly doable), SWIG (never used this with Java before but it looks interesting - see this: http://www.ociweb.com/jnb/jnbJan2006.html).
Just my $0.02 - I would always be cautious about introducing native language bridges - especially when talking about compiled code that is not going to be interpreted by a VM. This would introduce numerous platform compatibility issues that are neatly sidestepped by using languages such as Java, Python and Ruby (acknowledging that this only holds for implementations which do not depend upon native constructs). In a dynamic environment such as that proposed by SCA I can see the benefit of not being constrained by such considerations. Grant M
