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Erlang and OTP in Action
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Erlang and OTP in Action

by Richard Carlsson, Martin Logan, Eric Merritt
November 2010
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
15h 8m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 13. Communication between Erlang and Java via Jinterface

This chapter covers

  • Using Jinterface to communicate with Java programs
  • Building a bridge between Erlang and the HBase database
  • Integrating HBase with the Simple Cache application

In the previous chapter, we talked about interfacing between Erlang and foreign code via Erlang’s ports. That’s a useful and general approach, but it isn’t the most convenient route to take for every form of interaction. In this chapter, we talk about a different kind of interface, where the foreign code masquerades as an Erlang node and communicates over the Erlang distribution protocol (see chapter 8). Fortunately, the Erlang language implementers have already done a lot of the heavy lifting, providing ...

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