suaveant has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm working with Inline::Java for the first time to access an api another department wrote... I am doing OK with the actual code (it seems) but I am using the STUDY functionality which works... but in the Java you do something like... 
import com.ftid.fisi.methodology.irs.evaluator.IrsHeader;
# and use
new IrsHeader();

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whereas in the Perl I have 
use Inline (
      Java => 'STUDY',
      AUTOSTUDY => 1,
      STUDY => ['com.ftid.fisi.methodology.irs.evaluator.IrsHeader'],
);

#and have to do

new com::ftid::fisi::methodology::irs::evaluator::IrsHeader();

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is there a better way to do this? Or a way to shorten up the namespace at least?

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Re: Shortcutting namespaces in Inline::Java
by TimToady (Parson) on Apr 24, 2007 at 18:31 UTC
    Well, the class name is just a string, but you can't use indirect object syntax with an indirect class name, so you'd have to use the arrow notation instead:
    use constant IrsHeader => "com::ftid::fisi::methodology::irs::evaluato
+r::IrsHeader";
IrsHeader->new();

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    Hope this helps.
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[d/l]
      Heh... it works, though it gives me a not-so-fresh feeling... hrm...

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Re: Shortcutting namespaces in Inline::Java
by Moron (Curate) on Apr 24, 2007 at 18:02 UTC
    The documentation shows how to import java class files as Perl classes, so that you then only have to do: 
    my $irsHeader = new IrsHeader();

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[d/l]
      That's not quite the same (at least I don't think it is)... I am importing jar files using study, not writing Java code inline, and I don't control the jar files.

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        Whether using the studying features or not, you still have to import the .jar files to be able to use the shorter Perl syntax -- there is an example of that in the documentation I already linked under the studying section.
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