I have looked at the xdelta code and it is rather obscure, a JNI approach seems much better to me.
I willing to have a look, but is there any existing java code to hook into? Kelvin Tan wrote: > Yeah. I thoroughly agree for the need of the xdelta algorithm. I've been > meaning to really take the program apart, but my C is really rusty, and from > what I've seen so far, the code is not exactly thoroughly documented (or > that could just be my rusty C anyway)... > > The Xdelta paper also doesn't have a very complete explanation of the > algorithm, so it'd be difficult to implement the algorithm based on the > paper. > > The version of Xdelta written in C is also very fast. I'm not sure if > performance degradation would make a Java port of Xdelta unfeasible to use, > even assuming it is/can be implemented. > > There has been some talk about adding JNI hooks to the C program instead on > a mailing list (I can't remember which), but no follow up from there. > > Any takers for this one? > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
