Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> writes:
> Nic Ferrier <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk> writes:
>
> > It's not terribly difficult to crack this actually... I was going to
> > use GCJ as a platform for a base java class that could be used like a
> > quick C stored proc.
>
> Interesting approach. The other person that posted recently was going
> to run Java as a separate daemon, since the idea of linking postgres
> with the JVM was causing loud gagging sounds among the members of this
> list (for reasons I agree with).
>
> Are you talking about Java compiled to native code rather than
> bytecode? I know GCJ can do that and it would seem to be a better way
> to do this (since you can already link in native compiled C
> libraries).
Yes. But that's just the start. PostgreSQL can link in shared
librarys, GCJ can make shared librarys from java source code (and more
importantly from a combination of java and C++ source code!).
But once it's doing that it should be possible to get GCJ to load
class files as well (because GCJ can do that).
> The other thing to be aware of is that, if GCJ requires linking with
> thread libraries, you may have some problems, since the PG backend
> itself is not threaded--I'm not sure I'd want a threaded library call
> running in a non-thread-aware app.
GCJ doesn't require thread libs, you can build with no-threads.
Also, I have to admit that I'm not sure how a compiled lib works in
terms of threads, whether it starts a new (real) thread only when the
java code wants to start a new thread or whether it forks into a new
thread straight away. I suspect the former (easy enough to find out on
linux though).
Anyway, should be a laugh!
Nic
