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Re: Using JLink to get a Complex number out

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  • Subject: [mg52939] Re: [mg52882] Using JLink to get a Complex number out
  • From: Todd Gayley <tgayley at wolfram.com>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:19:13 -0500 (EST)
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At 03:27 AM 12/15/2004, Aaron Fude wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Why does ml.getComplex() throw an exception in the following code?
>
>
>         ml.evaluate("1+I");
>         ml.waitForAnswer();
>         System.out.println(myML.getComplex());
>
>
>What is a good strategy for getting complex numbers out of Mathematica 
>with JLink?
>
>Many thanks in advance!
>
>Aaron Fude


Aaron,

Because Java does not have a built-in class to represent complex numbers, 
you have to tell J/Link what class you want it to use for this purpose. You 
do this by calling the setComplexClass() method:

     ml.setComplexClass(MyComplexClass.class);

Look at the JavaDocs for this method for information on what features a 
class needs to have to be able to be used for this (such as re() and im() 
methods or fields--things that any self-respecting complex class is certain 
to have already.) You can get a complex number class from 
http://www.netlib.org/java/JavaComplex.tgz if you don't already have one 
and don't want to write one.


Todd Gayley
Wolfram Research 


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