[Mapserver-users] java connector

[Terry Hannant]

Our current solution is a simple process.Exec wrapper around mapserv. 

We also did some tweaking to mapserv.c to make calling it from Java a
bit easier so you could say we cheated a bit. We also removed a lot the
map file parsing code as it was not very thread safe.

What value does the perl script you are calling give you over calling
Mapserv directly?

We looked at JNI and saw that it would be very easily achievable for the
general case but did not warrant the effort for our specific use.  

A nice JNI interface would be sweet to develop if there were enough
hands around.

Of course there is the Mapscript/SWIG/Java stuff. Have not used it so
can't pass judgment on it.



Terry Hannant
MetaDev Pty Ltd


-----Original Message-----
From: Pedro Salazar [mailto:pedro-b-salazar at ptinovacao.pt] 
Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2003 11:13 PM
To: Terry Hannant
Cc: 'Tomas Brandalik'; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] java connector

Hi,

I've managed a *not very good solution* since it always use the cgi perl
scripts inside. I mean, in my servlet I invoke perl scripts and the
servlet is just a front-end. 

Do you have a better approach? JNI or something more native than wrap
cgi scripts?
 

thanks,
Pedro Salazar.

On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 14:33, Terry Hannant wrote:
> We have successfully used Mapserver and java servlets together. 
> 
> We have a production server running Linux (Suse), Tomcat 4.1, Jdk 1.4
> and Mapserv 3.6
> 
> Feel free to email me directly if you have any issues you would like
to
> discuss although I am sure other people on the mailing list may
benefit
> from any discussion :-)
> 
> 
> Terry Hannant
> MetaDev Pty Ltd
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu
> [mailto:mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Tomas
> Brandalik
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2003 6:59 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: [Mapserver-users] java connector
> 
> Hi all,
> Did anybody try to use java(servlet or jsp) instead cgi to talk to 
> mapserver?
> 
> thanx
> -Tomas
> 
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