Re: Status of Java Bridge?
Re: Status of Java Bridge?
- Subject: Re: Status of Java Bridge?
- From: David Thorup <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 22:41:07 -0600
On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 06:46 PM, Andrew Thompson wrote:
Essentially, what I want to know is, is the Java Bridge 'Legacy'
technology, or does that description only apply to the documentation?
I'm thinking about writing an Objective-C framework for something,
that I'll later need to also call from Java.
I've read through some of the Java Bridge documentation, and I realize
to call my own framework from Java I'll need to make some kind of
wrapper project to explain to the Bridge how to expose my Objective C
classes to Java.
What I'm wondering is: is this still something its possible to do?
I investigated doing something like this a while ago and my conclusion
was that it is possible to do, but it would take a lot of hacking and
trial and error to get it to work. Basically the core tools to do it
are still there, but any documentation, examples, or other help is no
longer available.
The WrapIt application mentioned in the ancient documentation doesn't
seem to exist anymore, but can I still build such a project by hand?
Yep, the WrapIt application doesn't seem to exist anymore (unless Apple
has it for their own development, anyone at Apple care to comment?),
nor do the templates for Project Builder. You should still be able to
build the project by hand, but it would be hard to do. I believe the
developer tools for Mac OS X Public Beta, or the Developer Previews
still included examples of how to build a Java Bridge, including the
Project Builder templates. From what I looked at I think you could
figure it out if you wanted to take the time to, but it would be pretty
tedious and take a lot of trial and error. So if you've still got any
of that lying around then you should be able to take a look at it.
Should I forget all about this because its no longer supported?
I did, at least for the time being since I've got more important things
to do. But I might come around to it some day since it's something
that interests me. So if you're in for a challenge then go for it.
____________________________________
Dave Thorup
Software Engineer
email@hidden
www.corda.com
Interactive data driven graphics.
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