loading and using a .jar file

Hello, I have practically no knowledge of using java in matlab.

I have looked around online and all I could find regarding pulling in java into matlab was javaaddpath. I used this command to add the .jar file to my path, and it shows up. What happens next? How do I find out what is in it? How do I use it? Etc.?

Any help? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

[Laura Proctor]

A good place to start may be Using Sun Java Classes in MATLAB Software in the documentation.

To obtain a listing of all the Java classes that are currently loaded:

[M,X,J] = inmem

The IMPORT function addes a package or class to the current import list:

import pkg_name.*               % Import all classes in package

The FIELDNAMES function will return all the public data fields of the object

value = java.lang.Integer(0);
fieldnames(value, '-full')

To see the METHODS of a class, use the methods or METHODSVIEW function:

methodsview java.awt.MenuItem

I hope that this gives you a good starting point! Best of luck.

[Abdul-Kareem]

Hi. sorry for bumping this but I wanted clarification.

After adding a jar or class or package to the static or dynamic path, what must the package name be when you say: import pkg_name.*

And I don't understand this terminology: methodsview java.awt.MenuItem

How do you go from your jar or class file name to java.awt.MenuItem? How do you find the full names of java files?