[omniORB] omniORBpy and JPython

[Duncan Grisby]

On Monday 26 June, Thorsten Roskowetz wrote:

> Being completely ignorant with java and jpython (but with the
> possibility of a project using both in the future) I wonder if
> a compatibility layer could be developed to achieve portability?
> Or maybe a special omniidl backend that generates jpython stubs
> handling the narrow() calls and Holder classes stuff for interfacing
> with the javaidl generated classes?
> 
> Do I make any sense at all?

Yes, I think that makes perfect sense. It should be relatively easy to
write an omniidl back-end which generates stubs which adhere to the
Python mapping, and call through into the Java mapping. I'm not about
to do it though.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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