Is it possible to access the capabilities of gimp in Java?

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>Ofnuts wrote:
>> On 05/31/2012 03:14 AM, stephen wrote:
>>>> On 05/31/2012 02:33 AM, stephen wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Does Gimp offer an interface (dll) which will allow me to access it 
>>>>> capabilities through java or c++?
>>>> There is  a C interface, and there is a Python interface which is quite
>>>> powerful.
>>>
>Hi,

>I see the following possibilities:
>1. There is a Java wrapper for GIMP, see http://jgimp.sourceforge.net/, 
>but this project hasn't been active for a long time.
>2. A still existing way is to use the Java Native Interface (JNI), which 
>lets you call C/C++ functions from Java and vice versa.
>3. GIMP has a built-in script-fu server which interpretes GIMPs plugin 
>language, a Scheme dialect. You could connect to it over a socket from 
>an arbitrary language and control GIMP remotely, although it's a bit 
>oversized if you could call GIMPs functionality directly from within 
>your program.
>4. IMHO you should be able to access C from C++ by including the C 
>header files, but I haven't tried this for GIMP yet.
>5. If you're only interested in accessing GIMPs graphics core, then you 
>could use a wrapper around the GEGL library. A Java language binding has 
>yet to be developed.

>Best regards,

>grafxuser

Great!  I look into those. Thanks.

-- 
stephen (via gimpusers.com)
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