[erlang-questions] Best way to interface Erlang with Java code
zabrane Mikael
zabrane3@REDACTED
Mon Dec 7 11:07:44 CET 2009
Many thanks guys !
2009/12/7 Jayson Vantuyl <kagato@REDACTED>
> I've been watching this thread and something's been nagging at me but I
> couldn't remember what it was. I remembered. I almost never use os:cmd,
> but use erlang:open_port/2 instead.
>
> It turns out you can do something like this:
>
> > Command = "my command executable",
> > Args = ["arg1","arg2","arg3"],
> > Cwd = "/some/directory",
> > Env = [ {"some_var","some_val"}, {"other_var","other_val"} ],
> > Port = open_port( {spawn_executable, Command}, [ {args,Args}, {cd, Cwd},
> {env,Env}, exit_status ] ).
>
> This is pretty handy because:
>
> * It doesn't go through the shell unless you explicitly make it do so.
> * Commands or paths containing spaces are not a problem.
> * Args with spaces are not a problem.
> * Full control over the environment and cwd.
> * All data comes in as Erlang messages that can be "received".
>
> There are also a number of other options I didn't use which are quite
> handy:
>
> * Packet-mode: If you control the program being run, you can prepend chunks
> of data with their length and you don't have to worry about framing or
> partial reads.
> * Line-mode: Data is sent a line at a time.
> * EOF detection: You can receive a message when the file is closed.
> * You can set arg0, which is handy for some programs (busybox comes to
> mind).
> * nouse_stdio: Allows you to use file descriptors other than 0 and 1 to
> communicate with Erlang.
> * stderr__to_stdout: Easily captures stderr without any shell trickery.
> * binary: Get all data as binaries, this is exceptionally nice with packet
> mode.
> * hide: hides console window when using Windows
>
> Depending on your willingness to modify the Java program, you might be able
> to greatly simplify what you're doing. I suspect that it won't even require
> any regexps.
>
> Of the top of my head, I'd be inclined to use line mode, and take each line
> at a time. Then you just receive a bunch of {eol,Line} messages, with a
> {Port,{exit_status,Status}} message at the end. If you want to make it a
> bit more sophisticated, you could use packet mode with similar results.
>
> Also, have you looked at jinterface? It can be a Java program appear as an
> Erlang node.
>
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 8:00 PM, Michael McDaniel wrote:
>
> > and another using extra re features ...
> >
> >
> > 1> Cmd = "java transform animals.txt ; echo $?" .
> > "java transform animals.txt ; echo $?" .
> > 2> {match, [Val,Ret]} =
> > re:run( os:cmd(Cmd),
> > "(?<VAL>.*)(?<RETCODE>[0-9])\\n$",
> > [dotall,ungreedy,{capture,['VAL','RETCODE'],list}]).
> > {match, ["Cat\nShark\n...", "1"]}
> > 3> Ret.
> > "1"
> > 4> Val.
> > "Cat\nShark\n..."
> > 5> re:split(Val, "\n", [{return,list}]).
> > ["Cat", "Shark", ...]
> >
> >
> > the above presumes single digit return codes
> >
> > os:cmd/1 is not the only tool to get other program output; e.g. running
> > via a port, or using jinterface. Or maybe the new NIF experimental
> > feature in R13B03.
> >
> >
> > ~M
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 07:13:52PM -0800, Michael McDaniel wrote:
> >> one way ...
> >>
> >>
> >> 1> L = re:split (os:cmd ("java transform animals.txt ; echo $?"), "\n").
> >> [<<"Cat">>,
> >> <<"Shark">>,
> >> ........ % a lot of animal names here (more than 1000)
> >> <<"Wolf">>,
> >> <<"1">>,<<>>]
> >>
> >> 2> Ret = lists:nth( 2, lists:reverse( L ) ) .
> >> <<"1">>
> >> 3> case Ret
> >> 3> of <<"0">> -> do_something ;
> >> 3> _ -> do_something_else
> >> 3> end.
> >> failure
> >>
> >>
> >> read up on lists and re modules for different ways of playing with
> >> the output
> >>
> >> ~Michael
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 03:37:25AM +0100, zabrane Mikael wrote:
> >>> Hi Michael !
> >>>
> >>> I found a subtle problem when trying your solution when my program
> returns a
> >>> text with one or more "\n".
> >>>
> >>> Eg:
> >>> 1> re:split (os:cmd ("java transform animals.txt ; echo $?"), "\n").
> >>> [<<"Cat">>,
> >>> <<"Shark">>,
> >>> ........ % a lot of animal names here (more than 1000)
> >>> <<"Wolf">>,
> >>> <<"1">>,<<>>]
> >>> 2>
> >>>
> >>> How then can I distinguish between my program output and the error code
> >>> (which is at the end of the list) ?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Zabrane
> >>>
> >>> 2009/12/5 Michael <erlangy@REDACTED>
> >>>
> >>>> on my Linux box ...
> >>>>
> >>>> $ erl
> >>>> Erlang R13B03 (erts-5.7.4) [rq:1] [async-threads:0] [hipe]
> >>>> [kernel-poll:false]
> >>>>
> >>>> Eshell V5.7.4 (abort with ^G)
> >>>> 1> re:split(os:cmd("java x ; echo $?"),"\n").
> >>>> [<<"Exception in thread \"main\" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: x">>,
> >>>> <<"1">>,<<>>]
> >>>> 2>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 06:27:24PM +0100, zabrane Mikael wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Sean !
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ok I see. But how then cal I handle error code in Erlang if my Java
> >>>> program
> >>>>> crash or returns something different from error code 0?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>> Zabrane
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2009/12/5 Sean Cribbs <seancribbs@REDACTED>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> zabrane Mikael wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi List !
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I've a small program written in "Java" which take a filename
> (input),
> >>>>>>> proceed it, and print out
> >>>>>>> a text (output).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> What's the best way to be able to access to that program from
> Erlang?
> >>>>>>> My whish is get back the "output" as an Erlang binary.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>>> Zabrane
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Use os:cmd/1, which returns a string/list -
> >>>>>> http://erldocs.com/R13B03/kernel/os.html?search=os&i=5
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sean
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
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