RE: Embedded Java

Yes.  Breaking into this sort of programming will be LOADS easier if
it's within a familiar "green" environment...

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-----Original Message-----
From: Don [mailto:dr2@cssas400.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 2:30 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Embedded Java


yeah, it would be interesting to see and make a nice addition to the
archives...:)



On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, David Morris wrote:

> Group,
>
> I just looked through the archives to see if any messages have been
> posted about Java embedded in RPG. Since I can't find any, I am
guessing
> that the jury is still out. Has anyone been using this functionality?
> Was it useful or cumbersome?
>
> In order to make a Java program more accessible to AS/400 programmers,
I
> thought it might be a good idea to create an RPG wrapper. So far it
has
> been quite a bit more work than I expected. Most of the work is in
> trying to find examples of the simplest things like creating a new
> object, converting data from a varying length character field to a
> string object etc.
>
> At this point I am thinking that it will take hours to provide my
> RPG/Java example where the Java example took about 5 minutes. When I
am
> done, it will reasonably easy to use for an RPG programmer to use this
> Java code. However, it would be very easy for a Java programmer to
use.
> Do others see value in providing this type of interface?
>
> David Morris
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