How to access 'javax.bluetooth' from javaSE side?

Question

It's clear that the designers of 'javax.bluetooth' package decided to put
it into 'javaME', rather than 'javaSE'. But, that is causing me grief and
confusion, because I'm trying to write a simple 'bluetooth hello-world'
application to utilize a bluetooth-adapter (USB-dongle) plugged into
my laptop, but Netbeans (v6.5) will ONLY let me access the
'javax.bluetooth' package from a 'javaME' app, but NOT from a 'javaSE'
app.
In otherwords, if I create a 'newproject' by choosing 'JavaME' app,
(where the only sub-choice that makes sense is then an 'MiDP' app), it generates all
the (unwanted by me) stuff for an app that would be deployed INSIDE
a 'mobile device'. But, I don't plan to run the code from the mobile-device-side
of the bluetooth-link, but from the PC-side of the bluetooth-link.
An 'MiDP' app resolves the import line:
import javax.bluetooth.*;
when I build that kind of simple MiDP-app.
But, if I instead create a 'JavaSE' app (which is what I WANT), when
I put that same import line into the code, Netbeans complains that there
is no such package.
So, what should I do in Netbeans, so that I can create a standard
PC-platform-based app to use that package?
TIA...
Edited by: cookdav on Mar 15, 2009 9:23 PM

Answer 1

[I took a quick look at 'Bluesoleil/Linux', since Linux is my platform of choice. But,
even that edition is a 'paid-for' product.  NOT what I'm looking for.]
Luckily, my (first) textbook on Java-Bluetooth arrived today. It is:
'Bluetooth Application Programming with the Java APIs (Essentials Edition, copyright 2008.)'.
It addresses the problem (i.e. lack of Java-Bluetooth support for javaSE) in a CONCEPTUAL
way, mentioning 'JSR-197' as the (potential) solution.
But, that just begs the question:
Are there any IMPLEMENTATIONS yet of JSR-197, that solve the problem? Or, must we
wait around for a while (more years) for one of those?
[Or, am I still missing something?]
Edited by: cookdav on Mar 18, 2009 11:09 AM