[vtk-developers] vtk modular and java (vtkPanel) System.loadLibrary problem

Gerrick Bivins gbivins at objectreservoir.com
Tue May 29 13:53:52 EDT 2012


That would be cool! Is the process for contributing to the wiki  or to a
"Source" article documented on the wiki somewhere?

Gerrick

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Sebastien Jourdain <
sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi Gerrick,
>
> thanks for getting back to me. I agree the wiki need to be better
> structured. But as you noticed the Java side of it is kind of small or
> inexistent.
> And therefore, if you are willing to share your knowledge and
> experience around your Netbean integration, creating a new wiki page
> on that subject does make sense. Or if you prefer you can even write a
> Source article that will be published and archived by Kitware.
>
> Seb
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Gerrick Bivins
> <gbivins at objectreservoir.com> wrote:
> > Hi Sebastian,
> > Sorry, for the confusion here.
> >
> > The "NetBeans VTK" integration question was due to some of the efforts
> I've
> > gone through to include VTK into our
> > NetBeans Platform based app. Basically, I've created a pluggable window
> to
> > provide VTK functionality in any of our applications.
> > When attempting to update the NetBeans VTK plugin I've developed here at
> my
> > current
> > employer, I ran into the issue that started this thread, ie VTK Modular
> Java
> > names changed and the vtkPanel
> > that I'm referencing wouldn't load.
> >
> > So for example, if I were to contribute back to VTK some of this
> > functionality, where could it be documented so that others
> > looking for this could find it and know it was available? When I started
> > looking for this kind of information ("Is there a NetBeans/Eclipse plugin
> > for VTK?"), I couldn't find it. Obviously, I think the answer here is
> "NO"
> > but
> > there was a lot of work done since I last updated my VTK so I don't know
> > what was changed.
> > It could just be my unfamiliarity with the wiki and knowing where to
> look.
> >
> > Does that make more sense?
> > Gerrick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Sebastien Jourdain
> > <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Gerrick,
> >>
> >> can you be more precise on the issue that you are thinking of ?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Seb
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Gerrick Bivins
> >> <gbivins at objectreservoir.com> wrote:
> >> > Sorry, I wasn't clear here. I meant the plugin architecture aspect of
> a
> >> > NetBeans (similar to Eclipse OSGi) as
> >> > opposed to using VTK objects as "beans", although there are probably
> >> > some
> >> > things that can be leveraged
> >> > from the JavaBeans project as they would have addressed similar issues
> >> > I'm
> >> > sure.
> >> >
> >> > biv
> >> > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:13 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> About JavaBeans, there was a JavaBeans generator for VTK a
> >> >> long time ago and its source file still exists in the VTK repository:
> >> >> vtkParseJavaBeans.c.  I imagine that it could be reactivated, if
> >> >> someone is willing to maintain it.
> >> >>
> >> >>  - David
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Sebastien Jourdain
> >> >> <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
> >> >> > We try to gather those informations on the vtk wiki. But we mostly
> >> >> > rely on the community for the Java side of it.
> >> >> > If you want to create a new wiki page, go for it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Seb
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Gerrick Bivins
> >> >> > <gbivins at objectreservoir.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> Cool!
> >> >> >> A related question, is there a doc/faq/wiki that talks about
> >> >> >> vtk/java
> >> >> >> and
> >> >> >> the levels of support?
> >> >> >> For instance, I previously had to do extra things to use vtk in a
> >> >> >> NetBeans
> >> >> >> platform application and I assume
> >> >> >> that is still the case, but with all the changes, it may not be.
> Is
> >> >> >> there a
> >> >> >> place where I could find an answer to
> >> >> >> that kind of vtk/java integration/support question?
> >> >> >> Gerrick
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Chris Harris
> >> >> >> <chris.harris at kitware.com>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Hi Gerrick,
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> It looks like this Java file will have to be configured to
> contain
> >> >> >>> the
> >> >> >>> modules that have been enabled. I will take a look at doing this.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Regards,
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Chris
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Gerrick Bivins
> >> >> >>> <gbivins at objectreservoir.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> Hi All,
> >> >> >>>> Looks like the vtkNativeLibrary enum still references
>  pre-modular
> >> >> >>>> library names,
> >> >> >>>> ie
> >> >> >>>> enum vtkNativeLibrary
> >> >> >>>> {
> >> >> >>>> ...
> >> >> >>>> COMMON("vtkCommonJava"),
> >> >> >>>> FILTERING("vtkFiteringJava"),
> >> >> >>>> ...
> >> >> >>>> }
> >> >> >>>> Seems like, at a minimum, it should at least be something like
> >> >> >>>> {
> >> >> >>>> ...
> >> >> >>>> COMMONCORE("vtkCommonCoreJava"),
> >> >> >>>> FILTERINGCORE("vtkFiltersCoreJava"),
> >> >> >>>> ...
> >> >> >>>> }
> >> >> >>>> but I'm sure that doesn't cover it.
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> I just began trying out the modular build so I'm not sure where
> >> >> >>>> things
> >> >> >>>> have moved otherwise I would have taken a whack at fixing this.
> >> >> >>>> Gerrick
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>
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