j-Interop : Java - COM Interoperability / News: Recent posts

.Added EMPTY_BYREF for use in Variant* required as IN\OUT params.

.Library now allows array of JIVariants (earlier restricted to all other types except variants, though internally everything is treated as variants)

.java.util.Date has a getter in JIVariant.

.Fixed bugs reported in previous beta.

Thanks to all developers for trying j-Interop.

best regards,
Vikram

After 10 months of development and 8 Alphas, I proudly present the first beta. The library will remain in Beta stage for next 2 months before it hits stable.

I thank all developers for using j-Interop and coming out with some very useful comments.

best regards,
Vikram

Fixes to issues reported in previous Alpha.
Added put(...,Object[]) api in IJIDispatch.

Fixed bugs reported in previous Alpha. Beta next.

Thanks,
best regards,
Vikram

.Fixed Bugs in Previous Alpha.

.Included example for COM calling Java.

.Updated readme.html with event callback explainations.

Thanks to all developers for trying j-Interop.

best regards,
Vikram

. New Feature: Complete support for Manipulating Windows registry in a non native way. All create/read/update/delete operations supported.

. New Feature: For inproc servers like DLLs and OCXs , and auto register feature has been provided, using this flag in JISystem\JIClsid\JIProgID class can result in the library making all the registry related changes required to run any Inproc server. It is done on the fly.... read more

.Fixed bugs of previous Alpha.
.Many Thanks to Raphael Amorim for helping in testing out WMI samples.

Thanks to all developers for trying j-Interop.

Fixed bugs reported in previous Alpha release.
Updated readme.htm.

Thanks to all developers for downloading and trying j-Interop.

.Added more examples, fixed bugs reported in previous Alphas.

.Modified Readme.htm to add explaination for configuring In-Process Servers (DLL,OCXs) for DCOM access.

Fixed 1.0 Alpha reported bugs.

Thanks to all users for downloading the library, trying and reporting issues.

j-Interop implements DCOM wire protocol (MSRPC) to enable development of Pure Non-Native Java applications which can interoperate with any COM component.The implementation itself is purely in Java and does not use JNI to provide native access,thus being truly platform independent. It has full support for COM automation and supports callback from COM Servers (event handling).

1.0(a) has been tested on Windows XP/2K/2K3 and Fedora 5. Beta is expected out by first week of september.... read more