Subj : Re: What Legacy Technology Is Still Relevant?
To   : alt.bbs.doors
From : rhythmnp
Date : Thu Jan 06 2005 10:06 pm

>> Unfortunately doors can't be written in Java.  There's no way to pass a
>> connection from a non-Java program to a Java program :(  ie, you can't pass
a
>> connected Windows socket to a Java virtual machine.
>
>Submit a form to write a file and have Java check to see if the file 
>exists, and vice-versa. Semephore files?

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying? I think you may be describing
use of tempfiles as inter-process communication from a traditional (c/c++ or
pascal) door to a non-door Java app..?  That's not the same thing as a
semaphore, though, so I'm kind of confused about what you are suggesting.

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