Is there an open source application that could integrate applications using multiple programming languages into a Java application?
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Java is not an acronym, or a word to be shouted (often) – Rich Seller Oct 07 '09 at 07:57
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What do you mean by "applications"? Desktop apps? Web apps? – Aaron Digulla Oct 07 '09 at 08:02
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Some options:
Languages that can be compiled and run into the JVM, like python and javascript. But you might have a difficult time if the programs where not built from the beggining to run inside the JVM.
JNI, java's native interface. This allows interfacing Java with native (i.e. C) languages. If your other language is not C or C++ then probably you will need to write a native interface for them too.
API. Using web services or socket communication have the two languages communicate.
Sharing data. Having both programs share files or databases in a common format.
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Not quite sure what you mean, but there are several languages that could be compiled to Java byte code and run under JVM.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Native_Interface
The Java Native Interface is a programming framework that allows Java code running in a Java Virtual Machine to call and to be called by native applications (programs specific to a hardware and operating system platform) and libraries written in other languages, such as C, C++ and assembly.
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