Re: Cocoa classes -> Java?
Re: Cocoa classes -> Java?
- Subject: Re: Cocoa classes -> Java?
- From: "Patrick M" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:06:23 -0500
I assume there is a way to call Java from Cocoa? something like JNI for
Cocoa?
On Jan 14, 2008 1:43 PM, Chris Hanson <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Patrick M wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to create a system menu item (NSStatusItem),
> > preference pane
> > and contextual menu using Java instead of Cocoa for Mac OS X?
> >
> > I cannot seem to find anything, and Java being interpreted seems to
> > imply
> > that placing some kind of Java class in the /Library/PreferencesPane
> > directory wont work.
> >
> > Anyone had any luck? Is it documented as possible/not possible?
>
> The System Preferences preference pane API and NSStatusItem API are
> Cocoa-based APIs, so by definition you must use Cocoa to write code
> against them. Finder contextual menu item plug-ins currently use a
> CFPlugIn-based API, not a Cocoa API.
>
> Whether you use Objective-C is orthogonal from whether you use Cocoa,
> though Objective-C is the native language of the Cocoa frameworks.
>
> -- Chris
>
>
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