What is the best way to call Java apis from CPython?

How firmly commiitted are you to keeping your client as a CPython app?  From Jython this task would be trivial because Jython can natively interface with Java libraries and has built-in mechanisms for converting Java objects to Jython equivalents.   From CPython, II believe it would be challenging and time-consuming.   Quite possibly it would be more challenging and more time-consuming to create the Java interface you desire from CPython than it would be to convert your app to Jython.   The solution would probably involve C++ programming to the JNI (Java Native Interface).  There are people that have already gone this route and written libraries, but they don't look ready-for-prime-time to me.  Here's a link that talks about some of them:  http://wiki.cacr.caltech.edu/danse/index.php/Communication_between_Java_and_Python
I think people pretty much stopped trying to develop this kind of thing once Jython became established.  It's really the ultimate Java/Python solution.

Jython link:  http://www.jython.org/

Hi Richard,

I am pretty committed since I have a lot of apis from C libraries that I currently use.
Can Jython call C functions without having a JNI bridge?

Thanks
Jamie

Run Java as a separate process and use RPC to communicate.

Hi Mish
That would technically work, but I don't want to do run Java as a separate process... a little too much work and maintenance.  Thanks for the suggestion tho.

Thanks
Jamie