Re: C++ & ECLiPSe

> I would like to invoke C++ written routines from ECLiPSe.. is it
> possible?

The easy way to do this is: (assuming you are using ECLiPSe on a
Solaris or a Linux machine, I don't know for Windoze)

1. write a C interface for your C++ routines (external "C" functions) 
2. make a dynamic (*.so) library and a C include file (*.h) of it
3. write a ECLiPSe interface in C using your new library

If you want to know how to compile and link an external ECLiPSe
library, I'd suggest printing out a copy of the chapter "Compiling and
loading" from the ECLiPSe Embedding and Interfacing Manual and NOT
read it. Burn it, because it's almost useless.

For linking external c library functions on linux you need either a
glibc linux system or ECLiPSe <= 3.5.2 .

Compiling the ECLiPSe library is easy:
gcc -c -I${ECLIPSEDIR}/include/${ARCH} library.c -o library.o
gcc -l <YOUR_C_LIBRARY> -fPIC -shared library.o -o library.so

On Solaris, use -G instead of -shared


> and how can I do it in a direct way?

You *can* link C++ libraries to ECLiPSe, but I'd suggest not to to so, 
because the interface is changing too often. Including the
following lines into your library might work (I tried this, but it's
too long ago to remember exactly.) You'll have to fiddle around with
compiler options.

#ifdef __cplusplus
# if ECLIPSE >= 40
#  define EC_EXTERNAL
#  define EC_EMBED
#  define Winapi
#  include "eclipseconfig.h"
#  include "ec_public.h"
#  include "types.h"
#  include "embed.h"
# elif ECLIPSE >= 36
#  include "eclipseconfig.h"
#  include "sepia.h"
#  include "eclipseclass.h"
#  include "error.h"
#endif


HTH
	Oliver

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