[vtkusers] Mac OS X, Java guru needed, please.

[Sean McBride]

On 2007-01-26 11:04, David Cole said:

>On my PPC Mac, to get things to work properly with java wrapped VTK, I have
>to specify JAVA_AWT_LIBRARY as "-framework JavaEmbedding"
>
>If I recall correctly, though, JavaEmbedding is being deprecated by Apple. I
>don't know if it's presently supported at all on the Intel Macs... I also
>don't know what the AWT library is supposed to become once the JavaEmbedding
>framework is completely gone and *really* deprecated.

You remember correctly.  JavaEmbedding is deprecated.  It still exists,
but is ppc only, and so if you build intel, you obviously can't link
against it.

>If you can find/figure out what the proper library to link against is for
>Java AWT applications on Intel Macs and get that information to me, I will
>do what I can to make this experience less frustrating for the next person
>to try it.
>
>Anybody else who's listening know what the migration path is for folks
>presently using JavaEmbedding for AWT support?

One might get an answer from this list:
<http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/java-dev>

Personally, I wouldn't even know how to ask intelligently.  It's
archives may have info though...

Kenneth, you may want to also read:
<http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtk-developers/2006-September/
004308.html>

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