From: Rich Apodaca <rich_apodaca@...>
Date: 2006-09-20T13:03:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Rubygems to Package Java Jarfiles

Ola Bini wrote:
> Rich Apodaca wrote:
>> The whole process would be essentially the same as working with any 
>> One possibility seems to be Gem.dir, which gives the top-level directory 
>> Also, is there a better way to do what I'm trying to do?
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Rich
>> 
> 
> Hi Rich,
> 
> We're working on an approach like this for packaging Java extensions to
> Ruby systems. If we get what we want, you'll be able to (from JRuby) do
> gem install mongrel, choose java-version (instead of linux or mswin32)
> from the list, and the Java extension will be automatically installed.
> This requires the JRuby runtime to work, of course.

Thanks for the info, Ola. I've written an article describing another 
solution that works with the C Ruby implementation (letting you use C 
extensions _and_ Java at the same time):

http://depth-first.com/articles/2006/09/14/cdk-the-ruby-way

It might also work with JRuby.

Best,
Rich

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