Re: [sdljava-users] feature request: better Java integration

[Ivan Z. G. <iva...@ya...>]

Robert,

Thanks for the feedback.  This is a really good point!  I agree that 
this type of change should be made and that the NIO package should be 
used.  I will add it to the list of whats going to be done.

-Ivan/

Robert Schuster wrote:

> Hi Ivan,
> I have been playing around with sdljava and thought about the 
> following problem: The SDLMixer API allows me to read WAV and MUS 
> files only from the local filesystem. However a typical Java 
> application loads its resources from streams or out of a JAR file 
> (using the ClassLoader).
>
> My suggestion is to use the so-called direct buffers from the NIO 
> package (since 1.4). These are buffers in native memory which can be 
> shared by Java and SDL. Direct buffers are pretty famous for doing all 
> kind of native<->Java interaction (e.g. OpenGL bindings use them 
> extensively) maybe they are of use here, too :)
>
> cu
> Robert
>
> Btw: Same kind of problem arises in the SDLImage API.
>
>
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