Re: [Java-gnome-developer] RE: Mark Howard's Blog

[Tiago C. <cog...@li...>]

Talking about JNI, you might be interested in GDirect:
http://www.peakpeak.com/~tromey/blog/2004/05/14#gdirect

Seems like your idea, if what you want is to get rid of it.

On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 17:14, Jerry Haltom wrote:
> You seem to think Java is not used for Open Source work. You may in fact
> be correct at least for highly visible applications. How many public
> Desktop applications do you know of that are written in Java? I can
> count them on one hand. But library's? Hundreds of not thousands. Just
> look at Jakarta! Hibernate, Castor. There are tons of examples.
> 
> Behind the scene, Java is used immensely. Desktop applications inside
> corporations, when not built using some Microsoft language, are almost
> always Java. You rarely hear about these unless you work for a company
> in question.
> 
> Where does Java-Gnome fit in? I'm not entirely sure. I recently
> discovered it while looking for a solution for my company's in house
> applications. We were originally however going to go with SWT. However,
> what changed our minds was the potential for RAD that Java-Gnome offers.
> Combined with Glade it is an unbeatable combination. I also think the
> API is quite a bit cleaner than SWT. I really like it!
> 
> Hacking on Java-Gnome is something I am really interested in. I have a
> lot of ideas I am working on right now. A major stumbling block I am
> hitting is the build system you mention.
> 
> I find the need to write JNI bindings for each widget that you want to
> wrap unnecessary and excessive. I would like to create GObjects from
> within Java (overriding TreeModel), so I am working on these things. Is
> anybody else? (Being able to inspect GObject vmethods would sure
> help!!!)
> 
> After this, integrating a Glade designer into Eclipse should be a snap.
> One I'd be happy to work on. This is where it's at guys! We have an
> amazing potential for RAD that I can only classify as "kind of like VB".
> Quick prototyping and usage of widgets and forms. The difference being
> Java doesn't suck. ;)
> 
> More visibility would help. It took me awhile to realize that there was
> even a Java-Gnome.
> 
> If you'd like to hear some more of my ideas about getting rid of JNI,
> let me know. I have a lot of them. :0
> 
> 
> Jerry Haltom
> 
> 
> 
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