[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: non-java plug-ins?

[Genady <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Again, Eclipse is a java application, so you can and can't do everything 
 that you can/can't do in a java application. If you need to use JNI - 
you can. If you need to run external program - you can do that too. Of 
course the external program cannot interact with the Eclipse user interface.

Genady

arenaTR wrote:

> Thanks for your response.  Can this be done both inside the platform (inside
> the Eclipse interface), as well as a button that say could launch another
> application?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> "Genady" <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:bep4m5$voq$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > You can call native code from a plugin using the usial JNI methods. Do
> > you have problems with that ?
> > Genady
> >
> > arenaTR wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Can ecplipse punch-out or punch-in to non-java plug-ins?  Or does
>
> everything
>
> > > have to be pure java?  If you can do non-java, are the API's only java
> > > accessible or can they be commonly accessed.
> > >
> > > newbie question.  Thanks!