Hi,
This is the first time I post here. I am a regular C++ programmer for the past 4 years and currently pursuing my Engg Studies.
Well, one of my friend knows a bit abt java, and we heard that we could use JAVA to build header files which can be used in C++
Does anybody know abt it. The Websites we searched, could not come up with something good.
Plz provide me with some info.
Thanx
What exactly is your goal? What would these header files achieve?
Actually, what we wanted is a complete merging of C++ and Java Technology so that we could produce something which C++ and Java could not do it alone. As a matter of fact, we know a bit abt Java and C++ and hence wanted to use both 2 produce something new.
Are you talking of the JNI? I don't know much about it but at least I can say that it is designed to be used with C, not C++. Yet, you can use C++ but you cannot just mix languages functionnalities just like that. For instance, a C++ class could not be used by a Java one, the contrary is possible. However, it is not done in the "natural" way.
And, I really don't know if it can be done. Heck, you can't even mix-'n-match header files between two different C++ compilers! (There are multi-platform libraries that work on multiple compilers.)
You might be able to use a DLL (or other 3rd program) to interface between the C++ and Java parts of the program. I think the DLL could be created in just about any language... Well, I don't know if you can create a DLL in Java.
[EDIT]
Here's a crude solution: Put the common-shared variables & "status registers" in a file so that both the C++ and the Java "halves" of the program can access it. Yuch!
Or, it is possible to put the common-shared information memory. If you know how to write kernel mode drivers (and I don't), it should be trivial to make a bit of memory exclusively available to these two program "halves".
No, I know there's something called JNI (Java Native Interface) which produces headers for C code use. But it is complicated to call only a method of Java in your C code and you cannot use C++ classes in your Java code. (and that because of the non-standard decoration, everyone know...)
Yeah, this is infact called the JNI scheme. This technique if exploited could do very well, b'caz the concept of dll is probably not available in JAVA. This may b simply b'caz JAVA being platform independent, could not have such a facility as such concepts cannot work in environments like LINUX, UNIX etc. Further the concept of Kernel programming is quite advanced and not yet known to many (including me). Further, that will b more complicated than JNI.
It is unfortunate that the transfer of C,C++ header files to JAVA is not possible as it could have been a Jackpot. It would 've been very easy to exploit the Platform Independence of JAVA to promote C,C++ codes.
Anywazz I hope some1 comes up with a more reliable soln to the problem.
Arvind
You can generate C header files from Java by:
> javah -jni file
Where file is your java class file after compiling the java source file.
Mate this thread is 6 months old. You're living in the past.