From: rawhiteside@... Date: 2000-12-09T04:10:05+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:6940] Re: Ruby as extension lang for Java app. Hi Andy, Thanks for the URL! That looks to be a great starting point. Wonder why I didn't find it myself. Google very seldom lets me down... Cheers, --Bob In article , Andy@Toolshed.Com wrote: > On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 17:58:34 GMT, > rawhiteside@my-deja.com wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > Ruby newbie here (that has a nice ring to it, > > eh?). > > Welcome aboard! > > > I guess the strategy would be to fire up the JVM, > > then fire up a Ruby interpreter via JNI, giving > > Ruby enough context to invoke the appropriate > > Java class methods. Comments? > > There is a Java-Ruby module that does exactly that (and > I believe it is bi-directional). However, I think active > development stopped and it's only valid for an antique (1.1.3) > version of Java. It's at > ftp://ftp.netlab.co.jp/pub/lang/ruby/contrib/java-module-0_5.tar.gz > > But it probably wouldn't be too much effort to dust it off > and bring it up to speed. > > Please let us know how it turns out! > > /\ndy > > -- > Andrew Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. > Innovative Object-Oriented Software Development > web: http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com email: andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com > -- > Books by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas: > "The Pragmatic Programmer" (Addison-Wesley 2000) > "Programming Ruby" (Addison-Wesley 2001) > -- > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.