javasci v1 limitations

Description

The version V1 of javasci has some important limitations:

• To retrieve any variable from the Scilab language, knowing the type of the variable is mandatory a priori.
• Only a few types are managed by the interface (boolean, double, complex and string).
• Lack of consistency between Scilab and Java. For example, in Scilab, a scalar (matrix of [1,1]) is a matrix. In the Java interface, there are two different datatypes (example: SciDouble and SciDoubleArray).
• There is no serialization possible on most of the datatype.
• Calling a Scilab function can be done only with the Exec method and increases the complexity of the retrieval of multiple output arguments.
• The package name does not follow the package naming rules of Scilab and the Scilab Java checkstyle.
• Hard to manage graphics windows (this problem is not addressed yet in Javasci v2)
• No interaction with the event loop (this problem is not addressed yet in Javasci v2)
• Cannot manage several instances of Scilab (this problem is not addressed yet in Javasci v2)

See also

• Browse the documentation of Javasci v2. (this will open the web browser).
• Compile and run with Javasci — How to compile a Java application using Javasci v2
• Javasci FAQ — The frequently asked questions for Javasci v2

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