Re: [j-devel] Embedding J in my application?

[Frank C. <fc...@pu...>]

I took a look at the J source with an eye to see how I could embed J 
into TestMaker. It seems to me that the easiest way would be for me to 
encapsulate TM's functions and gui into a Java bean that extends a 
JPanel. The panel would appear below the Editor and above the 
StatusBar. TM would use the J Main class to start-up, open the Editor, 
and assign the Frame, then init and show the TM panel.

I'm wondering if you would be open to my patching Frame to have a 
second initializer method that takes the TM JPanel. If this init method 
is used the StatusBar would be added to a new border layout panel and 
appear in the South position. The TestMaker bean would appear in the 
center position.

What do you think about the approach?

-Frank


On Nov 24, 2004, at 7:49 PM, Peter Graves wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 at 12:37:02 -0800, Frank Cohen wrote:
>> Hi J devs: J is a very nice program editor. I'm now using it daily to
>> edit Java and Python scripts. Congratulations on a great open-source
>> editor project.
>>
>> I am maintainer of an open-source test tool named TestMaker. Details
>> are found at http://www.pushtotest.com. TestMaker embeds Jython as its
>> scripting language. The TestMaker GUI environment offers a simple text
>> editor that is home grown. It worked fine when my test scripts were a
>> few dozen lines long but is now having problems with 500+ line 
>> scripts.
>> It seems to me that J would make a good replacement.
>>
>> I'm wondering if anyone has tried to embed J into an Java application?
>> Are there things for me to be concerned about in doing so?
>
> I'm not aware of any project that has actually embedded j in another
> application up to now, so I don't really have any information on the
> technical challenges this may pose.
>
> There is, however, potentially a licensing issue. J is GPLed, so it can
> only be embedded in GPLed applications. It appears that TestMaker has
> an Apache-style license, so on the face of it, embedding j in TestMaker
> would be a violation of j's license, unless TestMaker were to switch to
> the GPL.
>
> -Peter
>
>
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Author of "Java Testing and Design: From Unit Tests to Automated Web 
Tests"
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