Re: [Java-player-users] Using latest Javaclient with Player 1.6.4

[Radu B. R. <ru...@cs...>]

Hey Josh,

Yeah, I understand. It is a bit "risky".

Well let me know if there's anything that you need for the Javaclient 
1.6.5/Player 1.6.5 combo.

Good luck with your class.

Radu.

Josh Beitelspacher wrote:

>Radu,
>
>We're hesitant to switch to Player 2.0.  This is for an undergraduate
>robotics class and we're already throwing enough at the students. 
>Adding an untested code base to the situation doesn't seem like a
>great idea.  Specifically, we're the most worried about the
>documentation.  Player 1.6.5 didn't have the greatest documentation,
>and I don't know how much further behind Player 2.0 and Javaclient 2.0
>will be.
>
>I'm actually using SWIG at the moment to generate an interface for
>libgazebo.  Going straight into libgazebo lets me run simulations much
>faster than real time.  As a long term goal I want to create a higher
>level interface that can use libgazebo for faster than real time
>simulations, or player for controlling real robots.
>
>Josh
>
>On 2/14/06, Radu Bogdan Rusu <ru...@cs...> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hey Josh,
>>
>>Yup, I'm talking about Player 2.0.
>>
>>I've been coding the 2.x interfaces for the last couple of days (I was
>>about to start a thread here and on playerstage-users/developers *IF* we
>>actually need a Java client anymore, provided that we can generate - to
>>a certain extent - some basic functionality via SWIG), and it seems like
>>the whole thing is getting close to release. How close it's hard to
>>say... if it would be my call, we'd all work together to finish the damn
>>thing until the end of the week, so we can all mind our AI/robotics
>>high-level research afterwards. :) As about SWIG, don't get me
>>started... I'm not the most prolific Java coder out there, but looking
>>over some generated SWIG code (Yuck!) is what actually made me start
>>porting Javaclient 1.6.5 to 2.0 anyway. :)
>>
>>Besides, what's the point of having a Java client, if you link against a
>>system library, thus being unable to just copy a JAR nicely and use it
>>on whatever operating system you want (JVM-enabled)?
>>
>>What interfaces would you need for your class? I can make sure that we
>>finish working on those first.
>>
>>I will also send a mail to ps-developers and jump in to help them finish
>>2.0 sooner. I was too busy with other stuff until now to actually do
>>something in that direction.
>>
>>You *could* also still use Player/Javaclient 1.6.5, which should still
>>work nicely. Make a list of whatever interfaces you are going to use,
>>hardware (drivers) and simulators, and we can look to see if they are
>>bug-free.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Radu.
>>    
>>
>
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