[Kolab-devel] Fwd: Re: Questions about tags and description of notes

[Torsten Grote]

Hi Konrad,

On Tuesday 19 May 2015 23:27:06 Ing. Konrad Renner wrote:
> where do I find those bindings? Are they available via Maven central vor any
> other "Maven compatible" repository?

Unfortunately, they are not directly available as a Java library.

The Java bindings are generated with SWIG and directly part of libkolab. 
Here's an article I found on the subject:

    http://www.swig.org/Doc2.0/Android.html

> I use Maven and Gradle as build/dependency systems, so it would be nice if
> it is available through such a repo.

That would indeed be very nice and make Kolab related Android development a 
lot easier.

> I have made very often negative experiences with such bindings (normally
> they are created with JNI, which really sucks). They are very often
> "stepchilds", thats why I wanted to create a pure Java lib. Java has really
> great XML support, so adopting code because of changes in a xsd is easier
> than be dependent on a binding which is maybe some versions behind.

I see your point. However, having only one implementation that multiple people 
use where issues can be fixed centrally also has advantages over several 
implementations that all develop their own issues. The developer of SyncKolab 
also thought it would be easier to just write his own implementation and this 
still has many issues today.

> I like Android because it builds on Linux and Java, I really like to code
> with Java, so C/C++ was no alternative this time for me ;-).

You wouldn't need to code in C/C++, that is the idea of the Java binding. You 
just use them with Java from Java.

Kind Regards,
Torsten

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