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[xmlvm-users] Objc or C backend?

[Kurayami T. <kur...@gm...>]

I've been reading around and I'm confused as to which backend  setting I
should use.

The default for every created project is objc, but it doesn't work well (or
in some cases, not at all).
An example of the slew of errors is this: "MyArrayList.h: No such file ..."
So this means that xmlvm is not translating/or copying? the ArrayList over.

My only successes have been using the c backend.

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 am using xmlvm --skeleton=iphone --out=OUTDIR --app-name=APPNAME
to create my projects.

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

Thanks!

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