Invoke Java Library from Flex

Question

I have Flex running on Tomcat with LCDS. On tomcat there is a JAR that has classes I'd like to use/interact with from Flex. In the simple LCDS examples they demonstrate having a Product.java class and a matching Product.as class, but the java library I am trying to use has many more classes and would take a long time to copy into Actionscript.
What is the best way to interact with the Java classes (I don't have a web service to use like in the LCDS example).

Answer 1

I only know we can use JNI to invoke native libraries
from Java and I have never used JNI to invoke Java
libraries from native applications (C/C++ programs).
I am going to look through the tutorial you
recommended.The last tutorial. I've only fiddled with it, as it was a bitch. If you don't need to use Suns JVM, I recomend using CNI & GCJ [ http://gcc.gnu.org/java/ ], as it is much neater.
Do you mean JNI is internally implemented by C++s
Runtime.exec method?Write a small Java application which invokes the lib you want, i.e. say you want to use Strings replaceAll method (simple example I know)
class Test {
pubilc static void main( String args[] ) {
  System.out.println( args[0].replaceAll( args[1], args[2] ) ) ;
}Then use c++ program to run "/path/to/java Test tast a e" .