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Anthony Lee wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We have a delphi client program at work that is required
> to access a server machine. Currently it is using TCP/IP
> port and I thought this rather clumsy and not very extensible.
> The server machine does have java installed although the
> server program itself is written in C. I was wondering
> whether it is possible for Delphi to talk a Java via RMI?
> Or do I have to go to full CORBA? CORBA is problem for me
> as I believe we don't have ORB installed.
> 
> Any suggestion?

One possibility is DCOM to Java via JIntegra, or a similar product.

Tom

Anthony,

I'm not sure there's any easy way to communicate between a Delphi client and
a Java server with RMI, but maybe you could consider a SOAP-based solution.
That way you could use XML as the means of serializing the objects that you
want to port between the client and server. This kind of approach is a
little more forward-looking as it enables you a little more flexibility in
the final outcome. SOAP is something that both Delphi and Java will
understand.

Terry Field.
www.accession.com.au


"Anthony Lee" <al012@energex.com.au> wrote in message
news:3C8C3DDB.8E5DBB68@energex.com.au...
> Hi all,
>
> We have a delphi client program at work that is required
> to access a server machine. Currently it is using TCP/IP
> port and I thought this rather clumsy and not very extensible.
> The server machine does have java installed although the
> server program itself is written in C. I was wondering
> whether it is possible for Delphi to talk a Java via RMI?
> Or do I have to go to full CORBA? CORBA is problem for me
> as I believe we don't have ORB installed.
>
> Any suggestion?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Anthony
>

In comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc Anthony Lee <al012@energex.com.au> wrote:
> We have a delphi client program at work that is required
> to access a server machine. Currently it is using TCP/IP
> port and I thought this rather clumsy and not very extensible.

Well, there I am of a different opinion. 

> The server machine does have java installed although the
> server program itself is written in C. 

So you are coupling a C program to a delphi one. Then the
correct level to do this is TCP/IP. You might be able to
provide a higher level stack on both sides, but for simple
data transfer this is adequate.

> I was wondering
> whether it is possible for Delphi to talk a Java via RMI?

Of course it is possible. RMI just uses a TCP/IP port to
move serialized java objects. Does it make sense? Definitely
not. First of all you'd have to move the server from c to
java. This means a complete redesign. If you don't redesign,
you'll lose at least a factor of 10 in speed. Then you'd 
have to write a parser in delphi for RMI, and translate to
the equivalent delphi code. In the end, you'd have a very
clumsy and not very extensible system. Did I tell you about
the speed of RMI? 

> Or do I have to go to full CORBA? CORBA is problem for me
> as I believe we don't have ORB installed.

No, you don't. There is nothing clumsy and unextensible 
about TCP/IP ports. You should just standardise what you
send over them, and might want to introduce a (custom)
broker.

Stephan Eggermont
Sensus, systems that make sense 

Hmm - currently I have a Computer with a keyboard.  I find typing
rather clumsy - should I employ a secretary ?

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 05:29:37 GMT, Anthony Lee <al012@energex.com.au>
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>We have a delphi client program at work that is required
>to access a server machine. Currently it is using TCP/IP
>port and I thought this rather clumsy and not very extensible.
>The server machine does have java installed although the
>server program itself is written in C. I was wondering
>whether it is possible for Delphi to talk a Java via RMI?
>Or do I have to go to full CORBA? CORBA is problem for me
>as I believe we don't have ORB installed.
>
>Any suggestion?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Anthony
>
>-- 
>Anthony Lee	
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No, ring up telstra and get their voice recognition software.
This will speed up things, well, unless you cant speak then get a thinking
program.

3Lo||ipopz-1Red,2B|ue!

"J French" <jerry@iss.u-net.com> wrote in message
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> Hmm - currently I have a Computer with a keyboard.  I find typing
> rather clumsy - should I employ a secretary ?
>
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 05:29:37 GMT, Anthony Lee <al012@energex.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >We have a delphi client program at work that is required
> >to access a server machine. Currently it is using TCP/IP
> >port and I thought this rather clumsy and not very extensible.
> >The server machine does have java installed although the
> >server program itself is written in C. I was wondering
> >whether it is possible for Delphi to talk a Java via RMI?
> >Or do I have to go to full CORBA? CORBA is problem for me
> >as I believe we don't have ORB installed.
> >
> >Any suggestion?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >Anthony
> >
> >--
> >Anthony Lee
> >Energex
> >150 Charlotte Street                 ..--  __o
> >Brisbane                        ....--   _ \<,_
> >Qld 4000                       ____     (_)/ (_)
> >Australia
> >voice:+61 7 3407 5071, 3407 4541
> >fax:  +61 7 3407 5062, 3407 4607
> >email: AL012@energex.com.au
>