From: GBanschbach@... Date: 2002-11-09T00:37:51+09:00 Subject: Re: Can JRuby invoke Java APIs?? ....yes....their web site doesn't say much..... .... I don't know.....but it might be pretty powerfull to be able to use Swing or some of the many libraries which have been written for java if the syntax is not too awkward. .......but doesn't CORBA provide some mechanism for inter-object communication ?? If ruby can talk to CORBA then maybe you could have a java process that provides the services you need ??? For that matter..... [ opening my book of wishes ] ....wouldn't it be cool if we could implement the parts of what we need in whatever language and then just compile it, and have it all work together. I think you can do some of that via pipes or sockets ..... ie ...... a ruby process listening on a socket for data ( XML data ?) and a COBOL or Java process sending data out from the other side ? I have never done that, but it does not seem far fetched. Sincerely, Greg To: cc: 11/08/02 04:51 Subject: Can JRuby invoke Java APIs?? AM Please respond to ruby-talk Can JRuby invoke Java APIs?? For example, if I want to invoke Ruby scripts from Java application. And the Ruby script will invoke Java APIs, is it possible?? For example, Beanshell script is able to do that. Thanks. Not sure if Ruby is a java scripting language