Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of j2p

Timestamp:

06/07/23 14:24:53 (18 months ago)

Author:

wouter

Comment:

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j2p

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 This is a complex mechanism and still experimental/in development.
 It can translate both single file java programs as multi-file projects.
-It supports translating calls to external libraries.
+It supports translating calls to external libraries through a pluggable system of translators, so that translation support for new libraries can be easily added without need for recompilation of the tool itself.
 It generates a zip file containing the translated files plus installation directions, ready to be used with the "pip install" command; 
 We also have a [https://tracinsy.ewi.tudelft.nl/pubtrac/Utilities/wiki/pyrunner library] supporting running these zip files from java.
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+== Translation modules
+J2P has a modular translation mechanism. A translation module can be created separately and plugged in as needed, to add support for translating libraries. Also this allows to change the translation process, for instance to use another python library for the translation.