[java-gnome-hackers] Best way to extend java-gnome functionality?

[Niranjan R. <nh...@gm...>]

Greetings,

I am looking for a recommended/best way to add support for libraries 
which java-gnome currently does not support. My primary interest at this 
time is webkit-gtk version 2 and libsoup and any other supporting 
libraries these two need

I had a code generator working which will read gnome introspection files 
and will generate required java files and defs files. This approach 
worked well for Webkit version 1. However for Webkit 2, gtk annotations 
are not ready yet.

My understanding of current architecture is there are finely tuned hand 
written classes which are public - e.g. VPaned which in turn direct 
calls to protected class (GtkVPaned) which do actual work. If I 
introduce new .defs file, I get latter part, but not first part that is 
no public classes.

Exact problems:

1. Keep my additions as separate as possible if I need to upgrade 
java-gnome library versions.
2. Ideally I would like to load only one JNI library. If I can convince 
existing infrastructure to accept new source files while still 
maintaining separation at least at code level.
3. Find easy way to generate public classes - at least for bootstrapping 
purposes.
4. Convince python script "faster" to accept new libraries - either as a 
command line parameter or as environment variable

I am thinking of
1. Extending code generator so that it can accept source directory on 
command line
2. Adding code generation part which will generate public classes from 
def files. This will give me first cut which can be fine tuned latter if 
need arises.

Any ideas/suggestions/thoughts are appreciated.

Regards,

Niranjan