[liblouis-liblouisxml] Liblouis and java
- From: Michael Whapples <mwhapples@xxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:00:52 +0100
Hello,
I have started working on some java bindings for liblouis. For this I am
using JNA (java native access) http://jna.dev.java.net which is a bit
like java's version of ctypes. At the moment I have managed to create
the interface for mapping the C functions into java for the lou_version,
lou_translate, lou_translateString, lou_backTranslate,
lou_backTranslateString and lou_free functions. Once I have mapped the
few remaining functions I intend to make a more java style API for
liblouis which should take care of some of the issues with directly
using this JNA mapping.
Some of the issues are:
* liblouis can be compiled for either 16-bit or 32-bit unicode (by
default the source distribution will be 16-bit unicode unless someone
specifically gives the option for 32-bit unicode but debian's package of
liblouis is 32-bit unicode). My proposal is that 16-bit unicode will be
the default for my bindings/API but users can configure a variable in a
properties file to state otherwise (any suggestions where is considered
best practice to expect this properties file to be).
* Liblouis passes some information back by altering the content pointed
to by some of the pointer parameters, this isn't really a java style of
doing things (as far as I know) so I possibly will follow the calling
style of the python bindings for this.
Any thoughts on the above? Anyone else planning or working on such a set
of bindings?
I would hope once these are complete they could become part of the
liblouis distribution, but for the mean time is it worth finding a home
online for them so that people can see my work? My preference of version
control system is mercurial.
Michael Whapples
For a description of the software and to download it go to
http://www.jjb-software.com
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