Additional Wrapper Classes |
A quick survey of the extra wrapper classes provided in the
'CU Java Additional Wrappers' package.
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Calling from Java into Smalltalk |
Description of JNIPort's facility for allowing Java to call back
into Smalltalk.
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An Example of Using Callbacks |
This section is an example of using callbacks from Java into Smalltalk.
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Examples |
A summary of the examples included in this documentation.
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Ghost Classes |
Ghost classes are light-weight wrapper classes that are generated on
demand, and then discarded when the Java runtime shuts down.
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Documentation |
This page! |
Infrequently Asked Questions |
A miscellany of observations and explanations that don't
seem to fit anywhere else.
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Example of Basic JNIPort |
An example of using the lower-level facilities of Java Base to read a
file from a ZIP archive.
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Basic JNIPort |
Discusses the fundamental concepts of JNIPort, which are implemented
in package 'CU Java Base'.
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The JNIHelper DLL |
An external DLL that helps circumvent problems caused by
the use of native threads in the Java runtime.
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Type Names and Signatures |
A description of the names used by low-level JNI and the JVM
for types, methods, and fields. Not relevant if you are
using the high level wrappers.
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The Java Native Interface (JNI) |
The lowest level of JNIPort which wraps, but does not embellish,
the raw JNI APIs.
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JVMs |
Notes on which Java runtimes JNIPort has been tested with, and
any JVM-specific problems.
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Layers |
A description of JNIPort in terms of the layers of software, with brief
introductions to the function of each component.
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Names of Generated Wrapper Methods |
The wrapper generator uses a fixed naming convention for the methods
it generates; this section describes the convention.
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Overview |
An overview of JNIPort, including a very simple example.
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Players |
Introduces the main players in the community of JNIPort objects and
tries to explain something of how they interact.
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Problems and Limitations |
Notes on what I see as the weaknesses of JNIPort.
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Configuring JNIPort |
An over-brief description of the configuration options for JNIPort.
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The Status Monitor |
A GUI tool for displaying the status and activity of the Java runtime
and JNIPort.
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The Status Monitor's Status Page |
A plug-in page for the Status Monitor that shows statistics about JNIPort.
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The Status Monitor's Classes Page |
A plug-in page for the Status Monitor that shows information about the
Java classes that JNIPort has loaded.
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The Status Monitor's History Page |
A plug-in page for the Status Monitor that displays a histogram of
JNIPort activity.
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The Status Monitor's Console Page |
A plug-in page for the Status Monitor that displays whatever text is
sent to the Java console streams.
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The Status Monitor's JVM Debug Page |
A plug-in page for the Status Monitor that displays a trace of any
debugging output from the Java runtime
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The Problems with Threads |
The problems caused by the mismatch between the ways that
the Java runtime and Dolphin use operating system threads
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A Walkthrough with JNIPort |
A walkthrough of installing JNIPort and setting up couple of simple
configurations.
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Static Wrapper Classes |
A short description of how to use custom wrapper classes.
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Wrapper-class Example |
An example of using ghost classes, or the statically-generated
wrapper classes, to read a file from a ZIP archive.
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Ghost Class Example |
An example of using ghost classes to create and display a Swing window.
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The Wrapper Wizard |
The Wrapper Wizard is a GUI tool to help create wrapper classes.
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Change History |
A probably incomplete list of changes to the code.
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