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Native-platform: Java bindings for various native APIs

Available bindings

Generic

  • Get and set UNIX file mode.
  • Get PID of current process.

Terminal and console

These bindings work for both the UNIX terminal and Windows console:

  • Determine if stdout/stderr are attached to a terminal.
  • Query the terminal size.
  • Switch between bold and normal mode on the terminal.
  • Change foreground color on the terminal.
  • Move terminal cursor up, down, left, right, start of line.
  • Clear to end of line.

Currently ported to OS X, Linux, Solaris and Windows. Tested on:

  • OS X 10.7.4
  • Ubunutu 12.04 (amd64)
  • Solaris 11 (x86)
  • Windows 7 (amd64)

Building

You will need a very recent snapshot of Gradle.

Ubuntu

The g++ compiler is required to build the native library. You will need to g++ package for this. Generally this is already installed.

You need to install the libncurses5-dev package to pick up the ncurses header files. Also worth installing the ncurses-doc package too.

Windows

You need to install Visual studio, and build from a Visual studio command prompt.

OS X

The g++ compiler is required to build the native library. You will need to install the XCode tools for this.

Solaris

For Solaris 11, you need to install the development/gcc-45 and system/header packages.

Running

Run gradle compileMain install to build.

Run ./build/install/native-platform/bin/native-platform to run test application.

TODO

  • Fix terminal detection on OS X 10.8
  • Package up native lib into self-extracting jar.
  • Build 32 bit and 64 bit libraries.
  • Support for cygwin terminal
  • Use TERM=xtermc instead of TERM=xterm on Solaris.
  • Add diagnostics for terminal.
  • Split out separate native library for terminal handling.
  • Version each native interface separately.
  • String names for errno values.
  • Split into multiple projects.
  • Test on IBM JVM.
  • Convert to c.
  • Thread safety.
  • Windows: flush System.out or System.err on attribute change.
  • Solaris: fix unicode file name handling.
  • Improve error message when unsupported capability is used.