[BioLib-dev] Google Summer of Code project

[Colin M. Diesh]

Hello,
I'm interested in the BioLib project for using JNI to include 
Java libraries into Biolib. 
One part of this project is to create a proof of concept 
mapping, for example, using the BioJAVA library. As I 
understand it, the gsoc project would provide "... the 
infrastructure to map existing C/C++ (_and Java_) libraries to 
Perl/Ruby/Python, with R and JAVA planned for". 
 
I browsed this 
http://thebird.nl/biolib/Adding_BioLib_BAM_SAM_Support.html to 
see how Biolib is used to map the libraries. I have a lot of 
experience with C, but no direct experience with JNI or SWIG, 
so I wanted to get some feedback about this project for adding 
Java support. I am also interested in mapping other libraries 
(EMBOSS) if maybe there are serious obstacles to this project
 
Sincerely
-Colin