In DWT-Linux the browser component is originally implemented using XPCOM.

XPCOM is C++ and Java uses a C++ wrapper lib to make it have JNI C 
functions.

Is there a way to port this, without the need to make a wrapper lib in 
D1.x?

Frank Benoit wrote:

> In DWT-Linux the browser component is originally implemented using XPCOM.
> 
> XPCOM is C++ and Java uses a C++ wrapper lib to make it have JNI C
> functions.
> 
> Is there a way to port this, without the need to make a wrapper lib in
> D1.x?


Port the C++ to D?  :-(

John Reimer schrieb:
> Frank Benoit wrote:
> 
>> In DWT-Linux the browser component is originally implemented using XPCOM.
>>
>> XPCOM is C++ and Java uses a C++ wrapper lib to make it have JNI C
>> functions.
>>
>> Is there a way to port this, without the need to make a wrapper lib in
>> D1.x?
> 
> 
> Port the C++ to D?  :-(

On Windows we can use interfaces to comunicate with COM.
XPCOM is a short for cross plattform COM. Unfortunately i don't know the 
COM stuff very well. What are the requirements that interfaces can be used?

Frank Benoit schrieb:
> In DWT-Linux the browser component is originally implemented using XPCOM.
> 
> XPCOM is C++ and Java uses a C++ wrapper lib to make it have JNI C 
> functions.
> 
> Is there a way to port this, without the need to make a wrapper lib in 
> D1.x?

XPCOM and COM are almost the same. The base interface IUnknown in COM 
has the same interface as the base interface called nsISupports in 
XPCOM. Even the GUID (00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046) is the same.

see:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/nsISupports

"On Win32 systems, nsISupports is ABI-compatible with Microsoft COM's 
IUnknown interface."

So you should be able to use D's COM support for interfacing.

KlausO schrieb:
> XPCOM and COM are almost the same. The base interface IUnknown in COM 
> has the same interface as the base interface called nsISupports in 
> XPCOM. Even the GUID (00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046) is the same.
> 
> see:
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/nsISupports
> 
> "On Win32 systems, nsISupports is ABI-compatible with Microsoft COM's 
> IUnknown interface."
> 
> So you should be able to use D's COM support for interfacing.

Thats really good news, i will try that.