How to use DLL files in java?

hi!
i am working on hardware based java programming. the drivers which i have are in dll format. the manufacturers dont have a java based driver api's for the hardware. i want to invoke the dll file using a bridge between windows invironment and jvm invironment. more over i am not preferring to use native interface interface and c program to tackle this problem.
is there a way out?

Is it a COM dll? You could use JACOB. If it's not COM, there's also JNA which as I understand it, is simpler than JNI, although I've never used it
Edited by: georgemc on Aug 22, 2008 11:05 AM links not working at moment for some reason
Edited by: georgemc on Aug 22, 2008 11:10 AM

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