Re: Blackconnect

Thanx a lot gerald,

I will have a look to all those projects and I think will finally find 
something :)

Antoine.

Gerald Bauer wrote:

> Hello Antoine,
>
>> Has anyone already used Blackconnect for connecting xul and java ?
>> Or does anyone know a way to connect java to xul application ?
>> I tried to use blackconnect without success and I can't find a lot of 
>> documentation about this subject and it seems the projects hasn't 
>> been touched for at least 2 years ... is it normal ?
>>
>> Could someone give me a hand on that ?
>
>
>    You might check if NewsMonster - an open source news, weblog, and 
> RSS aggregator running inside Mozilla and developed in Java, 
> JavaScript, XUL & friends - includes an updated package.
>
>  As far as I remember the author - Kevin "Burtonator" Burton and a 
> friend have started a Java umbrella project on modev.org. See 
> http://java.mozdev.org
>
>   The blurb states:
>
>   Turn Java into a first-class citizen of the Mozilla/XUL platform. 
> This will enable developers to build applications where a Java backend 
> can be used to interact with a Mozilla/XUL front-end, combining the 
> power of Java's server libraries with the interactivity and user 
> interface capabilities of Mozilla.
>
>   Unfortunately, as far as I can tell both projects, that is, 
> NewsMonster and the Java mozdev.org projects are orphans as Kevin 
> Burton and Brad GNUberg are busy with their new startup Rojo. See 
> http://rojo.com
>
>   As an alternative you might check out "pure" emerging Java solutions 
> such as MozCreator XUL Browser @ http://xulbrowser.sourceforge.net or 
> any of a dozen others such as Sulu, Luxor, LUX, etc.
>
>   Another alternative might be to embed Mozilla as a Java widget. See 
> the JRex project online @ http://jrex.mozdev.org
>
>   Let us know your findings if you investigate Mozilla XUL and Java 
> interop issues further.
>
>   - Gerald
>
>
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