Re: [xmlvm-users] Objc or C backend?

[Arno P. <ar...@pu...>]

On 12/25/12 7:15 AM, Kurayami Tenshi wrote:
> I've been reading around and I'm confused as to which backend  setting I
> should use.

The goal is to migrate to the C backend. The Objective-C backend is kept 
for backward compatibility reasons. The problem is that there is still 
work to do for the C backend (see my last message regarding crossmobile 
amongst others) but not enough volunteers.

> So here are my questions
> 1 - Backend: Can I use objc? If so, how do I fix the slew of warnings
> about missing files?

I would suggest you use the C backend. It is a lot more powerful than 
the aging ObjC backend.

> 2 - If I have to use c, can anyone advice me on how I can call xmlvm
> generated code in an Xcode objc project?

Even the C backend still uses the ObjC compiler when you compile your 
project with Xcode (note that ObjC is a superset of C). I guess your 
question is about having manually written ObjC code that makes calls to 
generated C code. This can be tricky because you will have to understand 
the internals of the C backend. I would suggest you write some Java code 
that makes the calls to the Java API you plan to call from ObjC and take 
a look at the cross-compiled code.

Arno