[Java-gnome-developer] java-gnome

[Jeffrey M. <Jef...@Br...>]

I would like to address the two items you gentlemen
have been discussing on the gcj mailing list.

>It doesn't look like it supports CNI, though, and nothing in the
>"roadmap" that indicating plans to do so.

You are correct in that we currently do not generate
CNI.  I have slowly been making changes to the bindings
that will ultimately facilitate the generation or either
JNI or CNI code.  That being said, adding the ability 
to generate CNI will not be a small task and is not a
short term goal of the java-gnome team.  I would consider
it a long term goal (possibly being addressed sometime
after our next two releases).  Our short term goal is 
make the bindings as useful as possible to developers 
that want to develop applications for GNOME in Java.  
To that end I could summarize our next two releases as 
follows:

0.7.1 - The next release will focus on taking the bindings
to the next level of robustness.  We are not going to
add very many new features.  Rather, we are going to review
the bindings one widget at a time, make sure we have as
close as full coverage as possible to the original native
widget, and write a new example or enhance an existing
example that will demonstrate its' full usage.  As we
complete our review of each widget we will probably also
write a test plan for that widget that must complete
successfully prior to each subsequent release.  As you
see, this release is focus on stability and robustness.

0.7.2 - This release will focus on rounding out the
bindings by adding support for new features that are 
missing.  We will probably look at adding support for
gnome-print, the applet widget, some form of interoperability
with Orbit, and Internationalization support.

>It might be nice if the java-gnome and gnome-gcj projects were
>merged, or at least that they agreed on a common api.

As far as collaboration with gnome-gcj, I corresponded
with Oskar Liljeblad in November of last year with
the proposal of collaboration in some form and at 
a minimum trying produce the same APIs.  Noting became
of the conversation but perhaps it is time to open
up this discussion again.  Oskar, let me know what your
thoughts are.

I welcome your feedback on this project.  If this email
doesn't make it to the ja...@gc... list could
one of you please forward it?  My work email reader at work
only sends mail in mime format which is rejected by the
gnu mailing list.

Thanks
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Jeffrey S. Morgan
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