Re: Can ImageJ GUI (not library) be embedded into C++ somehow without rewriting the GUI?

Posted by Curtis Rueden on May 23, 2018; 8:05pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Can-ImageJ-GUI-not-library-be-embedded-into-C-somehow-without-rewriting-the-GUI-tp5020715p5020718.html

Hi Matti,

> What are my options?

A. Link to libjvm from C++ and invoke Java code via the JNI Invocation API
[1]. Beware platform-specific issues such as starting AWT from the main
thread on macOS, though [2].

B. GraalVM. See "Top 10 Things To Do With GraalVM" [3], particularly items
3, 7 and 8.

C. Spawn java as another process from C++ to run ImageJ.

D. Use the ImageJ Server [4] to communicate with ImageJ from C++ via a REST
API.

Why does your program have to be in C++?

Regards,
Curtis

[1] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/
guides/jni/spec/invocation.html
[2] https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/technotes/
tn2147/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS10003827-CH1-THREADED_INVOCATION
[3] https://medium.com/graalvm/graalvm-ten-things-12d9111f307d
[4] https://imagej.net/Server

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On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:41 PM, Matti Viljamaa <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to use ImageJ in a C++ program. However, I found the GUI pretty
> useful as it is, but since it’s in Java, then I’m not sure, whether I can
> use it, because
> my program has to be in C++.
>
> And I don’t want to rewrite the GUI, since it’s done already.
>
> What are my options?
>
> BR, Matti
>
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