Re: [Jython-users] Package attributes not reachable from Python-derived Java classes

[Andres Corrada-E. <co...@ci...>]

Hi Robert,

Thank you. I didn't know about the jython switch. I'd rather set the
switch and avoid having to write wrapper classes. I was beginning to
despair that Jython was not up to the task. This is awesome!

Andres Corrada-Emmanuel
Senior Research Fellow
Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Robert W. Bill wrote:

>
> The package statement does not ensure that access occurs from this class.
> Creating 'dynamicism' means using indirection. Jython's indirection
> means that the attribute request may not originate in the class found
> in the generated .java file.
>
> > My Python class tries to access a package-accesible super attribute but
> > fails. If I make that attribute public it succeeds. This is
> > unsatisfactory. I'm trying to use someone elses code and I cannot change
> > the attribute properties.
> >
> > Can I still use Jython or do I need to abandon this line of approach and
> > resign myself to having to program in Java directly?
>
> Yes. You can set python.respectJavaAccessibility to false and use Jython.
> Even if you do not do so, you do not have to abandon Jython. Instead,
> write only a wrapper class in java that makes access
> Jython-friendly, then go about the project in Jython.
>
> -robert
>
>