Java, AS400, and C APIs

[iSeriesCodePoet]

I have a question. I will not be working on this for a while yet, but my interests have been sparked.

I want to delete some files off the IFS on a AS400. I would like to try and use java. The APIs that are used for IO on the IFS is written in C. Can I use these APIs? Or do I have to find Java APIs? Mike Wills
RPG Programmer (but learning Java)

"I am bad at math because God forgot to include math.h into my program!"

 

[wushutwist]

I have never worked on an AS/400 and I don't know what a IFS is but I think I can answer your question. You should be using just the Java APIs, the JVM will take care of any platform dependencies so you should be fine. Example of deleting a file would be:

String filename = "C:\test.txt"; // Fully Qualified Path
File file = new File(filename);
file.delete(); // That's it, pretty easy

I could be way off base considering my first sentence, so if this seemed moronic than just ignore me. Wushutwist

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

Mostly I am looking for if I can use C APIs or if it _has_ to be Java. Thanks for the help... Mike Wills
RPG Programmer (but learning Java)

"I am bad at math because God forgot to include math.h into my program!"