[Biojava-l] Re: Running apps with Java

[Thomas Down]

Once upon a time, Francois Pepin wrote:
> I've added it to the cvs as org.biojava.utils.ExecRunner. It make take a
> little while to be replicated in the anonymous cvs.

Sorry, our two solutions seem to have crossed in cyberspace :-(.

As far as I can tell, ExecRunner has:

    - Use of Windows cmd.com to sort out PATH issues.
    - Timeouts.
    - More comprehensive public API.

ProcessTools has:

    - Lower level I/O pumps which I think will be more reliable.
    - The ability to send data to the child process's standard
      input.

Perhaps we can usefully synthesize the two.

    Thomas.