jtypes.javabridge 4.0.4b1

Running and interacting with the JVM from Python (ctypes/cffi-based javabridge).

jtypes.javabridge

Python wrapper for the Java Native Interface.

Overview

The jtypes.javabridge package makes it easy to start a Java virtual machine (JVM) from Python and interact with it. Python code can interact with the JVM using a low-level API or a more convenient high-level API.

PyPI record.

Documentation.

jtypes.javabridge is an almost fully compliant implementation of Lee Kamentsky’s and Vebjorn Ljosa’s good known Javabridge package by reimplementing whole its functionality in a clean Python instead of Cython and C.

jtypes.javabridge package is closely based on the jvm and jni Python packages.

About javabridge:

Borrowed from the original website:

The javabridge Python package makes it easy to start a Java virtual machine (JVM) from Python and interact with it.

Python code can interact with the JVM using a low-level API or a more convenient high-level API.

The javabridge was developed for and is used by the cell image analysis software CellProfiler together with python-bioformats to interface to various Java code, including Bio-Formats and ImageJ.

Requirements

• Java Runtime (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK), and NumPy (not mandatory but highly recommended).

Installation

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.9 or higher

  • https://www.python.org/

  • Java 11 is a primary test environment.

• pip and setuptools

  • https://pypi.org/project/pip/

  • https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/

To install run:

python -m pip install --upgrade jtypes.javabridge

Development

Prerequisites:

• Development is strictly based on tox. To install it run:

  python -m pip install --upgrade tox

Visit Development page.

Installation from sources:

clone the sources:

git clone https://github.com/karpierz/jtypes.javabridge.git jtypes.javabridge

and run:

python -m pip install ./jtypes.javabridge

or on development mode:

python -m pip install --editable ./jtypes.javabridge

License

Copyright (c) 2014-2024, Adam Karpierz

Licensed under the BSD license

https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause

Please refer to the accompanying LICENSE file.

Authors

• Adam Karpierz <[e-mail]>

Changelog

4.0.4b1 (2024-11-08)

• Add support for Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13

• Drop support for Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8

• Drop support for Python2.

• Add support for PyPy 3.9 and 3.10

• Synchro with javabridge master branch (v4.0.4).

• General update, improvements and cleanup.

• Update of Mozilla Rhino.

• Copyright year update.

• Setup update and improvements.

1.0.18b3 (2018-11-08)

• Update of the required setuptools version.

• Minor setup and tests improvements.

• Last release for Python2.

1.0.18b1 (2018-10-01)

• Synchro with javabridge master branch (v.1.0.18+).

1.0.17b2 (2018-05-29)

• Synchro with javabridge master branch.

• Bug fixes and improvements in Java 9 support.

• Update of Mozilla Rhino.

• Update of the required setuptools version.

1.0.14b4 (2018-02-26)

• Improvement and simplification of setup and packaging.

1.0.14b3 (2018-01-29)

• Development moved to github.

• General improvements and update.

1.0.14b2 (2017-01-01)

• Second beta release.

• Version numbering in sync. with the original javabridge.

0.1.1a1 (2014-10-05)

• Initial version.