Re: Java class return data to calling CL program

Hi Alan,

I wanted to respond to your message, but I'm not sure now if I read it
in the context you meant. There is an underlying premise for all the
interprocess communications ( IPC ) suggestions rather than just returning a
value from a call. That is that, as Dan Kimmel noted, JVM startup is
relatively slow. In addition, starting multiple JVM's (sometimes
inadvertently) can cause severe memory problems. There may even be a deeper
one of language independence as a goal, or having something that can handle
multiple scenarios. .

People usually think of efficiency as performance speed, but there can
be many other considerations for a project, or that might span multiple
projects. A loop that does nothing is pretty fast, but it does nothing.
Clients often value our services, for example, because we have a lot of
tested code from previous projects that can be reused/shared instead of
starting from scratch. That's a considerably different viewpoint than a
one-off in a given shop.

But my main point is in the first paragraph for those who may wonder why the suggestions didn't focus on binding RPG or CL and Java.


Joe Sam

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Campin" <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Java Programming on and around the IBM i" <java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: Java class return data to calling CL program

Why bother. Create an RPG module, bind it to the CLLE module and return
data
to CL. Use the language appropriate for the job. That is what ILE is for.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Joe Sam Shirah
<joe_sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Native message queues are another possibility.


Joe Sam

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gibbs" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Java Programming on and around the IBM i" <java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: Java class return data to calling CL program


> Jason Abreu wrote:
>> How would you return a value from an executable Java class to a CL
>> program?
>
> You can also use a data queue.
>
> Have the CL program generate a key that's passed to the java program
> ...
> which does it's work and sticks the value in a keyed data queue. The
> CL
> can then use the QRCVDTAQ api to get the value based on the key it
> passed
> in.
>
> That way there's no risk of multiple users colliding.
>
> You could use the job number as the data queue key.
>
> david
>