Java GUI for C Application?

[JavaKat]

Is this even possible?

I've found a lovely open-source C application that only has a bare-bones text interface (type a for add, b for browse, etc.).

This application really deserves a nice GUI. That, and I hate text prompts with a passion. I can make Java sit up and beg, but I don't know anything about C! Is there any way to use this C code for the back-end, and run it through a Java GUI?

Or do I just need a long nap in a rubber room?

Blessings upon you and your descendants unto the third generation for ANY help you can give!

 

[djabell]

I think Java native methods might work. I dunno much about them, cos I've never used them personally, but books Such as Cay Horstmann : Java Volume 2, Advanced Features has a little section on it. I think the Java tutorial at java.sun.com also has some useful info.

 

[sedj]

If you had long nap in Microsoft's rubber room, then they might let you out if you looked at the Win32 API and C++. Then you'd be able to call your C code from a nice GUI willy nilly.

But then you'd have joined the dark side and will never be able to play in the lovely land of free stuff.

Sorry I have nothing constructive to say!

 

[JavaKat]

Hey, how about that... page 843 in Core Java II... "Calling a C Function from the Java Programming Language" Thanks!!!