Re: Java/RPG interface

Duane,

have you thought about implementing your background process solely in java
and get the RPG to pass requests to it via dataqueues.

i have found this to be a simpler and more flexible approach, as the RPG
calling java stuff can be quite fiddly

cheers
Colin.W

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christen, Duane J." <dchristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:10 PM
Subject: Java/RPG interface


> We need to implement a RPG-ILE never ending process (NEP) that reads data
> from a file, determines what action that needs to happen based on the file
> and then call a java program (methods) that will invoke different soap
> methods to accomplish the necessary action.
>
> Our desire is to have the NEP be in RPG since that is the majority of the
> programmer base in the company.  The question is how difficult is it to
call
> java programs (methods) from RPG.  Based on the information I am receiving
> it is not easy for RPG to call complex Java programs (methods) that have
> many classes.
> We are also getting feedback that the JVM does not stay "Active" and may
end
> at any time. From some of the discussions on this list my understanding
that
> from V5R2 on you can not intentionally end a JVM let alone have it end
> arbitrarily.
>
> Any information would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Duane Christen
>
>
> FYI: We are running on V5R2M0.
>
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