Ruby/Java Integration Through JNI

[Posted July 9, 2003 by cook]

From:		Dmitry Borodaenko <d.borodaenko@sam-solutions.net>
To:		lwn@lwn.net
Subject:		[Story] Ruby/Java Integrationi Through JNI
Date:		Wed, 9 Jul 2003 11:35:28 +0300

Mauricio Fernandez has implemented[1] a mapping for most of the JNI
API[2] as a Ruby extension, and "built a simple reflection system that
maps Java classes to Ruby space, by using the reflection API to get
information on all the available methods." Unlike JRuby[3], which is
pure Java implementation of Ruby langauge, RJNI is "accessing Java
through the JNI and later using the reflection API to map all the
methods to Ruby.[4]" Combining the vast set of Java libraries with the
power of Ruby language has all the potention to become a serious
breakthrough in application development.

   [1] http://www.ruby-talk.org/blade/74413
   [2] http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/jni/
   [3] http://jruby.sourceforge.net
   [4] http://www.ruby-talk.org/blade/74440

-- 
Dmitry Borodaenko