RE: system-wide JVM (threads) Was: Friendly co-existance

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)
> 
> I don't like the data queue approach because then you can't
> intimately use Java class objects but instead have to create a class
> layer that receives in a supposedly complete object needing to meet
all
> of the requirements of that particular method and then make use of the
> underlying Java classes which can be instantiated directly at that
> point.  Hope that made sense. . .

It made sense to me, Aaron.  I can't decide if that's scary or not
<grin>.  Seriously, though, your point is right on.  Rather than being
able to invoke a method from RPG, I have to create a data structure,
populate it with data and send it to the JVM, where I then have to
decode it (using the toolbox routines most likely), build an object and
then invoke the method.  If I have more than one method, I also have to
have some sort of routing mechanism.  It's an awful lot of overhead as
opposed to being able to invoke a static method to get an object
reference, then invoke a method of that object with the appropriate
parameters.

Joe