Re: Java on AS/400 question

At 09:17 AM 10/21/97 -0400, you wrote:

>Does JAVA run on the AS/400's CPU?  If so,  can JAVA directly access and
>update files on the AS/400 or must JAVA call a HLL program to do the I-O on
>the AS/400 files?

Yes, Java _can_ run on the 400. There is a preview release of the JVM (Java
Virtual Machine) available at
<http://ncc.hursley.ibm.com/javainfo/hurindex.html>. This is only available
for RISC boxes. If you're on v3r7, get the one for v3r7/v4r1. If you're on
v4r1 and don't have the Common Programming API (CPA) product installed, you
won't be able to use the JVM yet—they forgot to put the v4r1 version up for
downloading—said they'd have it in a few days—a few days ago!

With the AS/400 ToolKit for Java, you can do record-level access to AS/400
data. This set of Java classes is available at
<http://iws.as400.ibm.com/toolbox/javatool.htm>.

>Can JAVA running on a PC access AS/400 files directly?  Or does it have to
>call a HLL program on teh AS/400 to do the I-O?

The answer here is the same as above—the AS/400 ToolKit for Java. The
classes can be run either on a client or native on an AS/400. You must be
sure not to use AWT classes (part of Java, not the ToolKit) on the 400,
though, since those are for graphical interfaces.

>I am new to all this and want to get an idea of what can and cannot be done
>with JAVA and an AS/400.

We're all new to this one—welcome to the fun!

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480


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