1. About This Guide

This guide describes the features and the use of GNAT-AJIS, the GNAT Ada-Java Interfacing Suite that can be used with the GNAT Ada development environment.

1.1. What This Guide Contains

This guide contains the following chapters:

1.2. What You Should Know before Reading This Guide

Before reading this manual you should be familiar with the following:

  • The Ada programming language, and in particular the Ada 2005 Object-Oriented Programming and separate compilation enhancements (e.g., limited with, interfaces) that facilitate interfacing between Ada and Java.

  • The GNAT User Guide

  • The Java programming language

It will also be useful if you have a basic knowledge of the following:

  • JNI (Java Native Interface), for example as described in The Java Native Interface Programmer’s Guide and Specification, S. Liang, Addison-Wesley; 1999.