Posted by
enrico.sirola-3 on
Jul 11, 2001; 9:33am
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/RV-java-interface-Mail-virus-free-tp1751p1753.html
>>>>> "Gilbert" == Gilbert Peffer <
[hidden email]> writes:
>> Great. Just a thought: Java is very much hyped as the Internet
>> language, but once you decide to keep your calculations
>> server-side, a CGI
Gilbert> in Python
>> could be just as good. However, I think a Java module is a
>> thing we can consider.
Gilbert> You're probably right. Apart from the Internetability, I
Gilbert> wanted to make some of the QuantLib stuff accessible via
Gilbert> simple small applications. It will either be through VB
Gilbert> or JAVA (is there any other feasible option?) Cheers,
Gilbert> Gilbert
hmmm if you need to access your business objects from different
languages (Java, VB or whatever) you need to set up some sort of
distribuited objects architecture to wrap them.
Anyway, the examples you just cited are the worst interoperability
case:
microsoft has his own distribuited object technology (COM/DCOM), while
Java natively support a well-known widely accepted standard (CORBA), so if you
need to access business objects from _both_ VB _and_ java, you need a
CORBA -> COM bridge or a COM -> CORBA bridge. There are commercial
solutions to this kind of problem (not very cheap really IMHO -- I'm
thinking at Iona products).
Just to cite a case, CORBA is used by the Gnome Project as standard
for its office automation stuff (we could thing at a gnumeric plug-in
that gives gnumeric some QuantLib functionalities -- it could widen
WuantLib's audience a lot btw)
I hope I answered to you question
Bye,
enri
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