Basic Live Connect support for java

[George Staikos]

On April 21, 2002 16:24, Koos Vriezen wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, George Staikos wrote:
> > On April 11, 2002 14:18, Koos Vriezen wrote:
> > > Is there any support for JS <-> NSPlugins now (Flash events, start/stop
> > > movie, ...)?
> >
> >   I don't believe this was done, no.  You can look in
> > kdebase/nsplugins/viewer.  There are comments there about things missing.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but enabling LiveConnect for ns4.x plugins means
> loading a Java VM first. Do we really want that?
> Or should we call plugin's functions directly, which would mean a per
> plugin function mapping (e.g. Java_RAPlayer_DoPause_stub -> DoPause)?
> Isn't it time for a Konqueror plugin API with konq-ns konq-jvm bridges
> (BTW. I  wouldn't be supprised if there were more konq users than ns users
> on Linux these days).

  Sorry I'm not too familiar with this stuff.  However, what's wrong with 
loading the Java VM before a plugin that wants to use the VM?  I assume we 
can determine which ones need the VM somehow so we only load it when 
necessary.