JMatLink
Connect Matlab and Java.

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FAQ

Q: What Does JMatLink do?
A: JMatLink connects Java to MATLAB using native methods.

Q: Where can I get JMatLink?
A: Go to Stefan's homepage at www.held-mueller.de/JMatLink/.

Q: Where can I get java?
A: Go to Javasoft.

Q: Where can I get MATLAB?
A: Go to The Mathworks.

Q: How can I build JMatLink on Sun Solaris?
A: Here is help from Christian Schaffner. Makefile:

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# This makefile builds JMatLink library on  (SunOS 5.5.1).
# Christian Schaffner 12/12/00

CC = gcc
LD = ld

# MATLAB
MATLAB = /usr/pauke/packages/matlab-5.3
MLIB = -L$(MATLAB)/extern/lib/sol2
MINCLUDE = -I$(MATLAB)/extern/include

# JAVA
JAVA = /usr/pack/jdk-1.1.6pr-to/java1.1
JINCLUDE = -I$(JAVA)/include -I$(JAVA)/include/solaris

libJMatlink.so  : JMatLink.o
        $(LD) -G $(MLIB) -leng -lmx -o libJMatLink.so JMatLink.o
        \rm JMatLink.o

JMatLink.o      : JMatLink.c JMatLink.h
        $(CC) -c -shared $(JINCLUDE) $(MINCLUDE) JMatLink.c
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Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.5.1     Generic May 1996
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
ld: Software Generation Utilities - Solaris/ELF (3.0)
java version "1.1.6"
matlab Version 5.3.0.10183 (R11)

Before starting the following environment variable must be set:
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH
{$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/pauke/packages/matlab-5.3/extern/lib/sol2:`pwd`

Q: I am trying to compile the dll JMatLink.dll but I am missing the file: 'engine.h'
A: The file is in /extern/include/. It is part of matlab. Please include the above mentioned directory for your compiler settings.

Q: How do I start an .m-file with JMatLink?
A: This is done by evaluating the following command.

JMatLink engine = new JMatLink();
engine.engOpen();
engine.engEvalString("some_script")

Hint: Make sure that MATLAB is running in the right directory. It may be necessary to set the working directory of MATLAB through the engine interface.
E.g.:

engine.engEvalString("cd c:/your/path/to/your/scripts/")

Q:I want to know how to pass variables from Java to Matlab?
A: I want to know how to pass variables from Java to Matlab. I have a function "myfunction.m" and i have a java program "prog.java" within i define a variable "var = 100". When I do :

 var = 100;
 engine.engEvalString("cd c:\\test, result =" +
   "feval('myfunction'" + Double.toString(var) + ")");
 res  = engine.engGetArray("resultat");

Double.toString() should to the job.

Q:I am having problems with the method engGetVector() in Java?
A: The method engGetVector() ist NOT implemented in the any more. Please use engGetVariable() instead.

Q: When I try to compile JMatlink.c The compiler needs the file "engine.h", which I cannot find. Where is it?
A: You'll find it in one of MATLAB's directories. It is in /extern/include/. Make sure that the mentioned directory is in the search path of your compiler.

Q: Can I pass to matlab an expression and get a result in Java?
A:

JMatLink engine = new JMatLink();
engine.engOpen();
engine.engEvalString("a=111");
double answer = engine.engGetScalar("a");
engine.engClose();

Q: I tried to run the graphical example

java TestGui

but it did terminate with the following error message:

    ERROR: Could not load the JMatLink library
       This error occures, if the path to
       matlab's \bin directory is
       not set properly.
       Or if JMatLink.dll is not found.
   Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Unsati
        at JMatLink.setDebug(JMatLink.java:
        at TestGui.(TestGui.java:71)
        at TestGui.main(TestGui.java:258)

A: JMatLink is using a .DLL-library on Windows the error message says, that the DLL-file cannot be found. Please copy the JMatLink.dll file into the c:\windows or c:\winnt directory.

Q: was able to build a shared library on Linux for JMatLink. This is for JDK 1.4 so I the .h file reflects the new package name for JMatLink: jMatLink. Here is the makefile I used:
A:

CC=cc
LD=ld

# MATLAB
MATLAB=/usr/matlab
MLIB=-L$(MATLAB)/extern/lib/glnx86
MINCLUDE=-I$(MATLAB)/extern/include

# JAVA
JAVA=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_01
JINCLUDE=-I$(JAVA)/include -I$(JAVA)/include/linux

libJMatlink.so  : JMatLink.o
        $(LD) -G $(MLIB) -leng -lmx -o libJMatLink.so JMatLink.o
        \rm JMatLink.o

JMatLink.o      : JMatLink.c jMatLink_JMatLink.h
        $(CC) -fPIC -shared $(JINCLUDE) $(MINCLUDE) -c JMatLink.c

Q:
I am trying to use JMatLink with MatLab 6. I could get everything else to work, but engOutputBuffer() does not return any output. The syntax I am using is:

	eng.engOpen();
	eng.engEvalString("format compact;");
	eng.engEvalString("round(10.22)");
        buffer = eng.engOutputBuffer();
        eng.engClose();

Q: I get an error message like below:

Number of Java-Threads: 16
Name of active Java-Threads: Thread-9
active Java-Thread is Daemon: false
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: engOpenNATIVE
    at comet.gui.client.JMatLink.engOpenNATIVE(Native Method)
    at comet.gui.client.JMatLink.run(JMatLink.java:864)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
Number of Java-Threads: 16
Name of active Java-Threads: Thread-7
active Java-Thread is Daemon: false

A: The user used JMatLink in his own application and changed the package name from "package jmatlink". This causes a problem, since the native methods in JMatLink.dll have different names. Please use "import jmatlink.*" to solve your problem and do not change JMatLink.java, CoreJMatLink.java or JMatLink.c.

Find an example on how to use JMatLink below:

package your.package.ui; import jmatlink.*; public class SimpleTextGUI01 { public static void main(String[] args) { // create instance of engine JMatLink engine = new JMatLink(); // open engine and start MATLAB engine.engOpen(); // test string: create array of random numbers String testCommand = "a=rand(4)"; engine.engEvalString(testCommand); // terminate MATLAB and close engine engine.engClose(); } }

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JMatLink
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