[mapserver-users] Java - Mapserver

[Andrew Collins]

Giri

> I have just installed a mapserver and the demo is working ok
> for me. I would like to use Java, JSP with mapserver to
> generate maps. I have windows 2000 server, also with Tomcat. Is
> there any "How to do" information available? or can I have some
> sample demo projects?. I don't know how I can proceed. Any help
> inthis regard is greatly appreciated.

I have looked, but have found no sample demonstration projects
using MapServer within a J2EE framework...

However, this is exactly what I am working on right now. ;)

I have an older version of MapScript for Java that I got here:

  http://urewera.boarsnest.net/MapScript/

which contains a proper JNI wrapper (.dll) for MapServer.

I've had to make a lot of changes to the Java wrapper classes
(I will make them available to you and others who might be
interested).

I have also created an Ant-based process for building and
deploying a set of simple JSP pages to JBoss:

  http://www.jboss.org

(The "MapScript for Java" files contain a deploy process for
Resin, but I wanted to stick with an entirely open source
environment for my development.)

I've gotten more proficient with MapServer at the source code
level and I believe that a pure-Java implementation of MapServer
could (and should) be made. I would head just such a project
at SourceForge:

  http://www.sf.net

if there are any others on this list that are interested....
Please send me an email if you have Java/MapServer/MapScript
questions and answers.

My interest in a pure-Java implementation of MapServer is
stemming from a strong business interest in having a very stable
(and multithreaded!) version of MapServer for use in a J2EE
environment...

I have really enjoyed using the PHP/MapScript interface to
MapServer, but I'm forecasting that the MapServer project could
attract a whole lot more development effort if it had, at the
least, a stable Java interface.


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Andrew Collins - andrewrcollins at yahoo.com
http://profiles.yahoo.com/andrewrcollins/

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