RE: [Caml-list] ocaml-java + lablgtk2

[CHAAR Rabih <rabih.chaar@lyxor.com>]

It still works for java 1.6 (windows)

Sincerely

-----Original Message-----
From: Sebastien Ferre [mailto:Sebastien.Ferre@irisa.fr] 
Sent: Friday,March 09,2012 3:09 PM
To: caml-list
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml-java + lablgtk2

Hi,

On 03/08/2012 03:12 PM, Gerd Stolpmann wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 08.03.2012, 14:58 +0100 schrieb Sebastien Ferre:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am considering developping an OCaml
>> application using Lablgtk2 for the GUI,
>> and using ocaml-java/Nickel for calling
>> a Java library (namely, OWL-API). I am
>> working on Linux.
>>
>> Has anybody tried this ? I am a bit afraid
>> of potential dependency problems...
>
> This cannot work. ocaml-java is running in a JVM, but lablgtk2 is
> written for the standard runtime, and assumes standard conventions for
> the C bindings it needs.
>
> What you could try to do is to use the standard runtime, and load the
> JVM dynamically for running the Java library, and connect both via JNI.
> There is a generator for such cross calls by Xavier:
>
> http://gallium.inria.fr/~xleroy/software.html#camljava
>
> I've never used it, though.

This looks promising, and adequate to my needs.
However, the last version dates back to 2004, and
is for java-1.4. Is there any chance it stills
works ? Has anybody used it recently ?

Sébastien

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