Features

The current version of PrologBeans is designed to be used mainly as a connection from Java to Prolog. Current features are:

• Socket based communication
• Allows Java application and Prolog server to run on different machines
• Multiple Java applications can connect to same Prolog server
• Java applications can make use of several Prolog servers
• Allows Java Applets to access Prolog server
• Platform independent (e.g. any platform where Prolog and Java exist)
• Simplifies the use of Prolog in Java application servers (Tomcat, etc)
• Prohibits unwanted use of Prolog server by host control (only specified hosts can access the Prolog server)
• Supports Java servlet sessions
• Supports JNDI lookup (Java Naming and Directory Interface)

Coming features:

• Connection pooling (several connections in application servers and several running Prolog servers for better performance)
• More advanced options for querying the Prolog server
• Better support for communication from Prolog to Java (e.g. a Java server that the Prolog application can connect to)
• Support for launching Prolog and loading Prolog programs from a Java application