[Php-java-bridge-users] autowrapping/unwrapping vs. java_closure()/java_values() portability issue

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Hi again,

> However, I was wondering whether it is possible to get back
> objects without having to alter the PHP code.

it is certainly possible to "magically" wrap and unwrap PHP objects.

I understand that this may become a portability issue, provided that there will be more than PHP/Java JSR 223 binding which wraps/unwraps PHP objects automatically. But since such an alternative binding does not exist yet, we will keep java_closure() and java_values().

Any good PHP/Java binding will not wrap/unwrap PHP objects automatically, because this will become a major performance issue, even for a non-remoting script engine. Furthermore with auto-unwrapping enabled the following code will fail:

$buf = new java("java.util.StringBuffer", "1234567890")
$str = $buf->toString()
$str = $str->substring(1,5) will fail because str is a PHP
$str = $str->substring(2)   string, not a Java string anymore



Regards,
Jost Boekemeier



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