[libvirt] [libvirt-users] libvirt: C++ or Java?

Bryan Kearney bkearney at redhat.com
Mon Apr 12 14:49:46 UTC 2010


On 04/12/2010 08:32 AM, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 04:19:14PM +0530, Ganesh Pagade wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am planning to develop a management application for managing Redhat Xen
>> and Redhat KVM hypervisors. I am evaluating the Java bindings versus the C++
>> version of libvirt. As part of evaluation, I could not find meaningful
>> answers to the questions below. Hence, I thought that people on this mailing
>> list would be the most appropriate to comment on them. Can you please let me
>> know your views?
>
>    Hum, could you avoid posting the same questions 4 times on the list,
> thanks !
>
>> 1. Are all functions that are available in C API available in Java?
>
>    there can be a bit of lag
>
>> 2. Are Java bindings added along with every enhancement to C API?
>
>    those are separate code bases, so no guarantee. Using the C api
> is the only way to make sure you have access to the latest features,
> Python is usually up to date too as it's included in the main tree
> and releases.
>
>> 3. If answer to above question is negative, typically how long does it takes
>> for the addition of Java bindings for the enhancement?
>
>    Time for Bryan Kearney to realize the gap and implement it. It goes
> faster if he's notified or receive patches of course.

If you are missing something.. I am happy to push it in. Java is current 
sitting at 0.7.0, so I know I need to update it.

>
>> 4. Most of libvirt based third party management applications use which of
>> Java bindings or C API?
>

RHQ uses the java bindings.

-- bk




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