Better way to run a java class than calling system()?"

[Scrat]

Hi

I'm using a java class in my perl script to encode zip files in a certain directory. Currently I'm defining the classes and relevant paths in a config file (Config-Tiny) and executing it using the "system" command. Here is some code to give you an idea:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Config::Tiny;

my $debug       = 0;
my $Configfile  = "config.conf";
my $outputdir   = "C:\\Outputdir";
my $Config      = Config::Tiny->new();
$Config         = Config::Tiny->read( $Configfile );
my $zipdir      = $Config->{Config}->{Zip_Out};
my $somedir     = $Config->{Config}->{Somedir_Path};
my $parser      = $Config->{Config}->{Parser_Path};
my $xercesimpl  = $Config->{Config}->{xercesImpl_Path};
my $encode      = $Config->{Config}->{Encode_Command};
my $name        = $Config->{Config}->{Name};
my $destination = $Config->{Config}->{Destination};

if (opendir (ZIPDIR, "$zipdir") ) {
     foreach my $zippedgif(readdir(ZIPDIR) ) {
         next if $zippedgif =~ /^\./;        
         system("java -cp       \"$somedir;$parser;$xercesimpl\" $enco
+de \"$zipdir\\$zippedgif\" \"$outputdir\\$name\" $destination");
         if ($debug) { print "DEBUG \nResult: $?\n" };
         sleep 3;
     }
}
else {
    print "Error opening $zipdir: $!\n";
}
closedir (ZIPDIR);

Is there an easier way to accomplish this in Perl rather than using the "system" or "backticks" commands or a config file?

Thanks

2006-04-20 Retitled by g0n, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'Java Question'

[mkirank]

You can use Inline::java

[chromatic]

That depends on what the Java program does. What does it do?

[blazar]

Well, it seems that it has something to do with "encoding zip files in a certain directory". So I'd point the OP to Archive::Zip.