javajacob

Can we use jacob.jar in linux env?


I am working with Jacob jar for some of the operation involves bridging to COM objects. In windows I have loaded Jacob.dll explicitly, I have done a little search over internet to find the supported .so file for Linux, but I did not found the file.

Could any one help me with this question, if it is possible to use Jacob jar support in unix/Linux operating system or not?


Solution

  • What do you want to use jacob on linux for? Jacob is a Java-COM bridge. COM stands for 'Component Object Model' and is a proprietary binary-interface standard for software components introduced by Microsoft in 1993. There is no COM on linux. Some discussion about it here. You maybe want to access an *.so file which can be done using JNA which is available for linux and lots of other platforms...