Sorry - should have given more detail. That's what I get for posting at 1:00AM.
What I want to do us write scripts in CPython that access Windows ActiveX such as Word and IE. Obviously Jython can't do this (easily at least). I also have Jython scripts that provide a high level layer on top of various Java libraries. I'd like to write as much code in Python as possible. But I have a mixture of incompatible CPython and Jython scripts - that's why I would like to embed Jython in CPython. If I can call my Jython scripts from CPython I can have the best of both world's!
Would I be able to embed Jython using JPype? The PyLucene approach (compile Java source with GCJ then wrap with SWIG) looks interesting - but complicated.
Here's an example of embedding Jython in a regular Java app: http://www.jython.org/docs/embedding.html
Imagine doing the same in CPython, but with JPype or GCJ/SWIG.
Certainly! As far as JPype is concerned though, Jython is just another library. What I mean is, the API to lauch your Jython scripts will be identical JPype as though coded in Java. There will be no "magic" to bridge CPython and Jython.
The obvious advantage of going that way though, instead of the GCJ approach, is that you keep the full dynamicity of Jython.
I am curious to know what makes your Jython code incompatible with CPython. If it is only because it uses Java classes, it might not be too difficult to port them to CPython+Jpype.
Let me know if you need any help.
-- Steve Menard -------------------- Maintainer of http://jpype.sourceforge.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
