Java-Gnome: jni or cni

Mon Mar 15 12:21:00 GMT 2004

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Aeby <aeby@graeff.com> writes:

 Thomas> On Thu, 2004年03月11日 at 18:44, Mark Howard wrote:
 >> The big question is: should we switch to CNI?
 Thomas> Actually you already know the answer. Will you rename the
 Thomas> "java-gnome" project to "gcj-gnome"? If not, stay with
 Thomas> JNI, if yes, do this step with all consequences - you are
 Thomas> talking about a library, then, which will not be available
 Thomas> to generic Java programs/developers. One will then have to
 Thomas> decide
 Thomas> 1) do I write a platform-independent Java program
 Thomas> obeying Java standards and do not use gcj-gnome
 Thomas> or
 Thomas> 2) do I write a GCC-program in Java language and make
 Thomas> use of gcj-gnome
 Bullshit, sorry. The choice is already made -- to write a GNOME
program. It is unlikely an environement, which has GNOME to not have
gcj.
 Thomas> (note the difference in writing a Java program and writing
 Thomas> a program in Java language)
 And you note the differencees between:
 a) a Java program and a GNOME program written in the Java language.
 b) a Java/GNOME API and its implementation.
 Nothing precludes you from using an alternative implementation of
the Java GNOME binding.