Re: [Java-gnome-developer] D-BUS Java Bindings

[Elias M. <el...@al...>]

s=C3=B6n 2004-02-01 klockan 21.41 skrev Mark Howard:
> Hi,
>   The java-gnome project is very much in need of help itself at the
> moment. We're very stretched trying to keep up with gnome release.

I know that, but it's mostly GTK-related coding. I don't know the GTK C
API's, and I haven't really considered learning.

> Implementing d-bus in java seems very difficult - I must ask why you
> think it is worth the effort.

Interesting how you say so. Looking at the spec, it seems to me it's
easier to simply implement the protocol rather than have to do the JNI
dance.

> Is
> there really a great demand for d-bus on platforms where it doesn't
> already exist?

I'd say that today, there is no need at all since it isn't deployed
anywhere yet. But in the future, sure. It is, after all, supposed to be
_the_ way desktop applications communicate with the surrounding system.

> Also, would your implementation be able to interact with the current c
> implementation (sorry, I don't know the details of d-bus)?

Yes of course, that's the whole point. :-)

Regards

Elias