Re: Wrapping java calls in host system executables

From:
"Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 4 Oct 2010 20:31:28 -0700
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"Lew" <noone@lewscanon.com> wrote in message
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Stefan Ram wrote:

javac

   has been implemented for a long time: The compiler is
   written in Java, but the call uses a native executable
   wrapper for this.

   So, what I am looking for is some example code for this.
   Maybe someone has already published a generic wrapper code
   in C or C++ under the GPL to be used in such cases?


Nigel Wade wrote:

Surely it's called the shell.

In UNIX/Linux you can use a shell alias.
You could also use a shell script containing the necessary java command
line, call the script "jdir" and make it executable.

In Windows land I have no idea if there is a concept similar to the
shell alias. But you do have the .bat script which serves the same
function as the executable shell script.


Donkey Hottie wrote:

Indeed, that is how ant is implemented in Windows and Unix.


Also Maven, WebLogic, ...


IntelliJ is a .exe which I'm guessing uses JNI to start up a JVM. Those two
are pretty much your choices.

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