source: gnome/add/java-access-bridge.xml@ 005d8327

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  <!ENTITY java-access-bridge-md5sum        "55530a282c7b9d2634e72361d789378b">
  <!ENTITY java-access-bridge-size          "120 KB">
  <!ENTITY java-access-bridge-buildsize     "5.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY java-access-bridge-time          "0.9 SBU">
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xreflabel="Java Access Bridge-&java-access-bridge-version;">
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  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Java Access Bridge-&java-access-bridge-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="java-access-bridge">
    <primary sortas="a-Java-Access-Bridge">Java Access Bridge</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Java Access Bridge</title>

    <para>The <application>Java Access Bridge</application> package contains
    Java components which connect the built-in accessibility support in Java
    Swing applications to the <application>GNOME</application>
    Accessibility framework, specifically the Assistive Technology Service
    Provider Interface (AT-SPI).</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&java-access-bridge-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&java-access-bridge-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &java-access-bridge-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &java-access-bridge-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &java-access-bridge-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &java-access-bridge-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Java Access Bridge Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="at-spi"/> and <xref linkend="jdk"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Java Access Bridge</title>

    <para>Install <application>Java Access Bridge</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
cat `pkg-config --variable=prefix \
    ORBit-2.0`/share/jar/accessibility.properties \
    &gt;&gt; $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/accessibility.properties &amp;&amp;
ln -v -sf `pkg-config --variable=prefix \
    ORBit-2.0`/share/jar/gnome-java-bridge.jar \
    $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>cat `pkg-config ...</command>: This command appends to (or
    creates) the Java runtime <filename>accessibility.properties</filename>
    file required for <application>Java Access Bridge</application>.</para>

    <para><command>ln -v -sf `pkg-config ...</command>: This command creates
    a link from the Access Bridge <filename>jar</filename> file to the Java
    runtime library extensions directory.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Java Access Bridge</title>

    <sect3 id="java-access-bridge-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>~/.orbitrc</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="java-access-bridge java-access-bridge-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.orbitrc">~/.orbitrc</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>Before running a Java program with the <application>Java Access
      Bridge</application>, you should ensure that your
      <application>GNOME</application> 2 installation enables CORBA traffic
      over IP from the <application>ORBit2</application> ORB. Do
      this by adding the following line to <filename>~/.orbitrc</filename>
      using the following command:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; ~/.orbitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal>ORBIIOPIPv4=1</literal>

EOF</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>gnome-java-bridge.jar and JNav.jar</seg>
        <seg>$GNOME_PREFIX/share/jar</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-java-bridge">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>gnome-java-bridge.jar</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a <application>Java</application> runtime environment
          extension that connects the built-in accessibility support in
          <application>Java Swing</application> applications to the
          <application>GNOME</application> Accessibility framework.</para>
          <indexterm zone="java-access-bridge gnome-java-bridge">
            <primary sortas="c-gnome-java-bridge">gnome-java-bridge.jar</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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