Can I write serial routines once for any platform?

[Nutthick]

I'm still finding my feet in Java, but have a possible project requiring the use of a serial port. Speaking generally, would the routine I write to communicate with the serial port work across any OS (mainly Mac or PC) or is this just part of the Java hype, when actually there are OS quirks I have to code for.

Thanks

 

[sedj]

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[timw]

Well, serial ports use comms standards, and any OS quirks may be taken care of in the JVM. This is off the top of my head, though, so don't take it as gospel.

Tim
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[timw]

Damn, sedj beat me to it.

Tim
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destroys the lives you're using." - Ozzy

 

[Nutthick]

Thanks, that looks really promising. I'm looking forward to sticking some software onto a Mac. That'll stop the 'wasting his time learning java' comments