Re: Java/XPCOM bridging to XULRunner?

Javier Pedemonte wrote:
> I've been lazy and should have posted something about this a while back. 
>  The project is called Javaconnect 
> (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/javaconnect).  There's also some 
> additional build documentation available at 
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation:Building_JavaXPCOM. 
> 
> 
> This code is different than the old Blackconnect project, which tried to 
> do similar things.  That project hasn't built or been maintained since 
> 2000, so it's pretty much dead now.
> 
> The latest Javaconnect code is available on the trunk at 
> mozilla/extensions/java/xpcom.  Build it, try it out, and let me know 
> what you think.  Still trying to finalize some things for the upcoming 
> XULRunner release.
> 
> No specific bug number to follow, but you can find the latest bugs under 
> Product:Core and Component:Java-to-XPCOM-bridge.
> 
> 
> javier


I would be really interested in working with this, and maybe even 
helping out with the project if needed.

Could Javaconnect easily be used to create a server side CGI style web 
program that loaded an html page from the web, made some modifications 
based on the DOM, and returned the resulting page to the client?


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Aaron Andersen
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