Re: Java Component Loader

Javier Pedemonte <[email protected]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:11:48 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.java
Message-ID <6YmdnUqFUfSDMuzbnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d__38640.1978241794$1181855735$gmane$org@mozilla.org>
Konrad wrote:
> what's the status of Bug 299263?
> Are there some activities planned in the next future?

I haven't been able to work on it for a long time now, but I recently 
started back up, updating the source I have to account for changes. 
Hope to have some form of it finished soon, but we'll see...

> Doesn't it work at all (creating XPCOM components in Java)?

No, not without the Java Component Loader.

> Are there some other known solutions to call Java from XPCOM components?

As a workaround, you can use LiveConnect from JavaScript to load Java: 
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Java_in_Firefox_Extensions.


javier pedemonte