[sword-devel] _Interface_ through Java

[Joe Walker]

Hi,

porton@narod.ru wrote:

>There are JSword, a project which duplicated C++ code in Java.
>
>I think, it would be much faster (for computer) to call C++ code (not sure 
>whether Java is able to call C++ directly, but we have raw C API) from Java. 
>Am I right?
>

Dispite all the hype I think that while Java is generally slower than 
C++ most of the time it wont be a problem. Generally I think that JNI is 
a bad idea. In all the Java projects I've worked on I have never hated 
any projects as much as my 2 JNI ones.

>This is especially useful for embedding Sword in HTML/XML files as JavaScript 
>can call Java functions.
>
>Are there any development on this topic?
>
>Or you think that JSword is enough fast and there are no need for such 
>_interfacing_ in Java?
>
>P.S. What are development status and stability of JSword now?
>
JSword is coming on well - if all you want to do is read the KJV it is a 
very nice interface. The biggest drawback at the moment is the code that 
reads sword modules. Beta shouldn't be tooooo long ;-).

Joe.