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From: Freejack <freejack@nowhere.net>
Subject: Re: Communication between Ada and Java through named pipes
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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 11:28:41 +0000, Mauro Riva wrote:

> I have two applications written in Ada and Java respectively and I want them
> to communicate using named pipes but I don't know how to do it.
> What I need is simply this : the Ada program has to put a text string into
> the pipe and the Java program must read the text, and they must do it in a
> non blocking way.
> I'm using these programs under windows, does anyone know how to do it? Does
> anyone have an example of code?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mauro

If you're using the GNAT compiler, look under section 8.5.2 of the GNAT
Reference Manual. That explains how to handle pipes. In fact, read the
whole section 8. Gives a lot of details on handling special files and
devices.

Freejack