>>>>> Nathan Meyers writes:

    Nathan> On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 07:47:00PM +0000, Ekkehard Kraemer wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >> 
    >> is it possible to access X things from native code via JNI?
    >> E.g., paint in a X window direktly from native code?

    Nathan> Yes, but....

    Nathan> Java doesn't give you any way to discover the X resources
    Nathan> used by the AWT... you can't get the Display pointer or
    Nathan> the Window IDs of any of its windows. About all you can do
    Nathan> is open your own connection to the X server (from the
    Nathan> native code) and search the window hierarchy for what
    Nathan> appear to be your application's windows.

    Nathan> Sun has indicated that they plan to fix this someday...

The JDK 1.3 supports this:

http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.3/docs/guide/awt/enhancements.html#headers


        Juergen

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Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Porting Team
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html


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