SPIRO - Simple Python Interface to Remote Objects

Introduction

$ python
>>> import spiroclient
>>> c = spiroclient.SpiroClient("fred")
>>> c.dir()
()
>>> c.do("import java")
>>> c.dir()
('java',)
>>> c.java
<java package java at 22572221>
>>> java_sqrt = c.java.lang.Math.sqrt
>>> java_sqrt
<java function sqrt at 24918414>
>>> java_sqrt(16)
4.0
>>>
      

$ python
>>> import spiroclient
>>> c = spiroclient.SpiroClient("fred")
>>> c.dir()
()
>>> java = c.doimport("java")
>>> java
<java package java at 22572221>
>>> sqrt = java.lang.Math.sqrt
>>> sqrt
<java function sqrt at 24918414>
>>> sqrt(16)
4.0
>>>
      

Feature Summary

• Handy bridge between cPython and Java (via jython)
• You can talk to java libs/classes/functions, without losing access to CPython modules that have binary components (and are not available in jython).
• Servers and clients can run in cPython or Jython
• For C->Java bridging, server can be built into a standalone .jar file
• Each client connection has its own private namespace on the server, or can share a namespace with other clients
• All objects are stored on the server, manipulated through proxy objects on the client
• Exceptions occuring on the server get passed back to the client
• Client can pass callback functions to server
• Forever free (as in speech, and as in beer), and open source

Status

• Version - 0.1.0 alpha
• First release - stability is not guaranteed
• You cannot subclass across server-client boundaries

Download

• Tarball - spiro-0.1.0.tar.gz
• Read The Fine Manual
• View API Documentation
• Source code for spiroserver.py and spiroclient.py