Re: [Swig-user] Create module from existing application (GeoJasper)

[Haoyu B. <div...@gm...>]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Olivier Roger
<Oli...@st...> wrote:
> I use python for some time now but I'm new to SWIG.
> I used SWIG before to make module from C code I wrote, it worked perfectly.
>
> For some python application I'm currently working on I need to transform
> Images into JPEG format.
> For the moment I call an external application using the popen function,
> which works if the application is installed.
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible to create a python module from the
> GeoJasper application?
> GeoJasper is available at http://dimin.m6.net/software/geojasper/ and under
> open-source license.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Olivier
>

Hi Olivier,

Of course it is possible given GeoJasper is written in C/C++. But if
it has not provide a clear API for use as a library, you may need some
effort to hack its internal and the build system.

-- Haoyu Bai