Named pipes between Java and C/C++ programs

Question

I think of using in windows a named pipe to communicate between two apps written in Java and C. Normally i use socket connection to do this, but now i have to cancel this idea a

Answer 1

You can simply start an external process in Java and connect to it's pipes.

    // Execute command
    String command = "ls";
    Process child = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);

    // Get pipes from process
    InputStream in = child.getInputStream();
    OutputStream out = child.getOutputStream();
    InputStream error = child.getErrorStream();