The only way I could see Python accessing Java would be through JNI.
Jython is an implementation of Python language that is run by the Java
Virtual Machine, and therefore can work with Java classes directly. We
have found it to be very effective and useful; however, it is a few revs
behind Python and therefore does not have all the current Python library
methods available (Jython 2.2 is being worked now). In addition, Jython
cannot directly access any C/Fortran libraries.
I should also note that both IDL and Matlab can directly use Java
classes, although IDL is quite a bit more cumbersome that Matlab.
Regards,
tom
John Caron wrote:
Can python access java code? is that what jpython is/does?
Rich Signell wrote:
NetCDF-Java Folk,
Is there a way to access the neat stuff in NetCDF-Java from Python?
My colleague Rob Hetland is interested in extending Pycdf with higher
level CF-functionality that would determine what the coordinate
variables are, time conventions, vertical coordinates, etc.
He could do all the logic in Pycdf, perhaps stealing some code from
the CF-checker (which is in python) but is there a way to utilize the
NetCDF-Java library where much of this logic has already been coded?
If there was a way to do this, it would allow him to access all the
higher level functionality built into the existing nj22 and harness
the future development of NetCDF-Java as well.
Thanks,
Rich
